Disembodied Language in Early-Onset Schizophrenia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15519546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Przemysław Zakowicz (0000-0003-4114-7116, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, corresponding author), Maria Skibińska (0000-0002-5634-1061, Poznan University of Medical Sciences), Joanna Pawlak (0000-0001-5064-3707, Poznan University of Medical Sciences) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Pages | 888844-888844 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.888844 |
| PMID | 35865304 |
| OpenAlex | W4283811376 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
A recent view on schizophrenia phenomenology underlines the impaired relations between the mind and the body. An aberrant feeling of ipseity may be the real source of suffering of the patients from psychosis and impacts general symptomatology. The disturbed connection between thinking processes and environmental stimuli may lead to language disembodiment. In the study, we aimed to experimentally test the presence of disembodied language and investigate its association with symptoms of psychosis in adolescents diagnosed with early-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Assessment of language embodiment was conducted using the Zabór Verbal Task (ZVT) with concurrent linguistic and clinical assessment using the Thought, Language, and Communication Scale (TLCS) and Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS). The study group of patients ( n = 31) aged 11-18 years, with the diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) criteria, was compared with a sex- and age-matched healthy control sample ( n = 31). Patients with psychosis made more errors in ZVT than healthy controls ( p = 0.01) and this parameter did not improve after 6-8 weeks of standard treatment ( p = 0.55). A higher number of errors in ZVT were associated with the presence of auditory hallucinations (odds ratio [OR] 1.14; 95% CI 1.02-1.26). ZVT errors coincided with perception disorders, alternatively to the TLCS scores where we observed association with abnormal beliefs. The results of these preliminary studies indicate the value of the phenomenological approach in the diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum and suggest a potential involvement of language disembodiment in symptomatology
Association (psychology · Audiology · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Global Assessment of Functioning · Odds ratio · Perception · Psychiatry · Psychosis · Psychotherapist · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming · Schizophrenia Spectrum · Thought disorder · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Schizophrenia research and treatment · Internal Medicine
Seeing, acting, understanding
The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) for Schizophrenia
Computational models of the “active self” and its disturbances in schizophrenia
The Lived Body in Schizophrenia
Anomalies of Imagination, Self-Disorders, and Schizophrenia Spectrum Psychopathology
Formal Thought Disorder and Self-Disorder
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |