Elizabeth Pienkos
Biographic Data
| ID | 4627003 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Pienkos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Pienkos |
| SIGNATURE | PIENKOS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duquesne University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8283-5121 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Radically Open and Profoundly Alone
Pregnancy and childbirth are considered one of the major life transitions, and as such they reflect a time of massive change and even transformation. This phase poses unique challenges to self-experience and identity and can be associated with problems of selfhood for the mother, leading, in some cases, to psychological or emotional disturbances, which can manifest as psychosis. Rather than seeing this psychosis as a collection of isolated and me…
Capturing the dynamics of anomalous world experiences in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
The Experience Sampling Method (ESM) is a promising approach for research on self-disorders, as it may enable studying how momentary changes in anomalous world experiences (AWEs) impact delusion development and maintenance. Using ESM to study AWEs requires clarification on two key issues: 1) discerning to what extent self-reports for AWEs align with clinician-based assessments; and 2) demonstrating the dynamic variability of AWEs in order to just…
Methods and models for investigating anomalous experiences in schizophrenia spectrum disorders
The self-disorder model provides a phenomenological framework for understanding how the core symptoms of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSDs) are rooted in an instability of minimal selfhood. This instability involves a range of “anomalous experiences”: transformations in an individual’s perceptual field and sense of being an agent of action. The explanatory value of this theoretical model can be summarized in two claims about the role of anom…
The Phenomenology of Pregnancy and Early Motherhood
Reconceptualizing schizophrenia
Understanding, schizophrenia, and the limits of phenomenology
Karl Jaspers’ assertion of the un-understandability of schizophrenic psychosis, which rests on a division between what is psychologically understandable and what must be explained via natural causation, has faced numerous challenges from within phenomenological psychopathology. But despite significant developments in the phenomenology of schizophrenia, I suggest that this dichotomy, between psychological understandability and naturalistic explana…
Remembering ‘Ellen West’
This paper returns to a seminal case in the historical of phenomenological psychopathology, Ludwig Binswanger’s discussion of “Ellen West A woman with a long history of melancholia and disordered eating, Ellen West was treated at Binswanger’s Bellevue sanatorium in 1921, a two-and-a-half month-long stay that resulted in a diagnosis of schizophrenia and Ellen West’s suicide. Binswanger relied on West’s personal writings and clinical history to dev…
Exploration of self- and world-experiences in depersonalization traits
This paper proposes a qualitative study exploring anomalous self and world-experiences in individuals with high levels of depersonalization experiences. Depersonalization (DP) is a condition characterized by distressing feelings of being a detached, neutral and disembodied onlooker of one’s mental and bodily processes. Our findings indicate the presence of a wide range of anomalous experiences traditionally understood to be core features of DP, s…
Pathways to crisis and wellness
Expressing experience
“Robbed of my life”
Depersonalization/derealization disorder ( DPDR ) is classified as a dissociative disorder in the DSM 5. It is noteworthy that the symptoms of depersonalization and derealization are commonly found in many other psychological disorders, including schizophrenia spectrum disorders, while phenomenological features of schizophrenia are commonly found in DPDR . The current study attempts to clarify these apparent similarities via highly detailed pheno…
Rethinking feminist phenomenology
Schizophrenia in the World
However, epidemiological research consistently demonstrates a strong relationship between traumatic and stressful life events and the development of schizophrenia, suggesting that encounters in the world are highly relevant for many people diagnosed with this disorder. This paper reviews foundational texts in phenomenology and phenomenological psychopathology on the nature of subjectivity and its disturbances, finding support for broadening conte…
Intersubjectivity and its role in schizophrenic experience
Social disturbances are common in schizophrenia and can be quite severe, significantly affecting functioning in a variety of ways. Yet the kinds of social disruptions experienced by persons with schizophrenia show a great deal of variability and are difficult to explain with available data. This article considers the variety of intersubjective disturbances that can occur in schizophrenia from a phenomenological perspective, focusing in particular…
IntrospectionIntrospection and schizophrenia
Anomalous self-experience in depersonalization and schizophrenia
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IntrospectionIntrospection and schizophrenia
Anomalous self-experience in depersonalization and schizophrenia
Intersubjectivity and its role in schizophrenic experience
Social disturbances are common in schizophrenia and can be quite severe, significantly affecting functioning in a variety of ways. Yet the kinds of social disruptions experienced by persons with schizophrenia show a great deal of variability and are difficult to explain with available data. This article considers the variety of intersubjective disturbances that can occur in schizophrenia from a phenomenological perspective, focusing in particular…
Rethinking feminist phenomenology
Schizophrenia in the World
However, epidemiological research consistently demonstrates a strong relationship between traumatic and stressful life events and the development of schizophrenia, suggesting that encounters in the world are highly relevant for many people diagnosed with this disorder. This paper reviews foundational texts in phenomenology and phenomenological psychopathology on the nature of subjectivity and its disturbances, finding support for broadening conte…
Pathways to crisis and wellness
Expressing experience
“Robbed of my life”
Depersonalization/derealization disorder ( DPDR ) is classified as a dissociative disorder in the DSM 5. It is noteworthy that the symptoms of depersonalization and derealization are commonly found in many other psychological disorders, including schizophrenia spectrum disorders, while phenomenological features of schizophrenia are commonly found in DPDR . The current study attempts to clarify these apparent similarities via highly detailed pheno…
Remembering ‘Ellen West’
This paper returns to a seminal case in the historical of phenomenological psychopathology, Ludwig Binswanger’s discussion of “Ellen West A woman with a long history of melancholia and disordered eating, Ellen West was treated at Binswanger’s Bellevue sanatorium in 1921, a two-and-a-half month-long stay that resulted in a diagnosis of schizophrenia and Ellen West’s suicide. Binswanger relied on West’s personal writings and clinical history to dev…
Exploration of self- and world-experiences in depersonalization traits
This paper proposes a qualitative study exploring anomalous self and world-experiences in individuals with high levels of depersonalization experiences. Depersonalization (DP) is a condition characterized by distressing feelings of being a detached, neutral and disembodied onlooker of one’s mental and bodily processes. Our findings indicate the presence of a wide range of anomalous experiences traditionally understood to be core features of DP, s…
Reconceptualizing schizophrenia
Understanding, schizophrenia, and the limits of phenomenology
Karl Jaspers’ assertion of the un-understandability of schizophrenic psychosis, which rests on a division between what is psychologically understandable and what must be explained via natural causation, has faced numerous challenges from within phenomenological psychopathology. But despite significant developments in the phenomenology of schizophrenia, I suggest that this dichotomy, between psychological understandability and naturalistic explana…
Capturing the dynamics of anomalous world experiences in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
The Experience Sampling Method (ESM) is a promising approach for research on self-disorders, as it may enable studying how momentary changes in anomalous world experiences (AWEs) impact delusion development and maintenance. Using ESM to study AWEs requires clarification on two key issues: 1) discerning to what extent self-reports for AWEs align with clinician-based assessments; and 2) demonstrating the dynamic variability of AWEs in order to just…
Methods and models for investigating anomalous experiences in schizophrenia spectrum disorders
The self-disorder model provides a phenomenological framework for understanding how the core symptoms of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSDs) are rooted in an instability of minimal selfhood. This instability involves a range of “anomalous experiences”: transformations in an individual’s perceptual field and sense of being an agent of action. The explanatory value of this theoretical model can be summarized in two claims about the role of anom…
The Phenomenology of Pregnancy and Early Motherhood
Radically Open and Profoundly Alone
Pregnancy and childbirth are considered one of the major life transitions, and as such they reflect a time of massive change and even transformation. This phase poses unique challenges to self-experience and identity and can be associated with problems of selfhood for the mother, leading, in some cases, to psychological or emotional disturbances, which can manifest as psychosis. Rather than seeing this psychosis as a collection of isolated and me…
Psychology (13 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (12 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Schizophrenia research and treatment (7 works) · Phenomenology (philosophy) (5 works) · Psychoanalysis (5 works) · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (5 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (5 works)