The “minimal self” in psychopathology: Re-examining the self-disorders in the schizophrenia spectrum

Cermolacce, M.; Naudin, Jean; Parnas, Josef

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2007.05.013

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“…This form of motor simulation occurs, for example, in the case of mental motor imagery [65], when perceiving perceptual events within our peripersonal space with the activation of F4 neurons or of their human homologue, or during the observation of others' actions with the activation of the MM as its neural counterpart. First-person perspective, finally, refers to [66]. Thus, many notions adopted to answer the question of how we distinguish ourselves as bodily selves from other human bodies refer to a crucial role of the motor system.…”

Section: From the Bodily Self To Intersubjectivitymentioning

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Bodily selves in relation: embodied simulation as second-person perspective on intersubjectivity

Gallese

2014

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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This article addresses basic aspects of social cognition focusing on the pivotal role played by the lived body in the constitution of our experience of others. It is suggested that before studying intersubjectivity we should better qualify the notion of the self. A minimal notion of the self, the bodily self, defined in terms of its motor potentialities, is proposed. The discovery of mirror mechanisms for action, emotions and sensations led to the proposal of an embodied approach to intersubjectivity-embodied simulation (ES) theory. ES and the related notion of neural reuse provide a new empirically based perspective on intersubjectivity, viewed first and foremost as intercorporeality. ES challenges the notion that folk psychology is the sole account of interpersonal understanding. ES is discussed within a second-person perspective on mindreading.

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Section: From the Bodily Self To Intersubjectivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Bodily selves in relation: embodied simulation as second-person perspective on intersubjectivity

Gallese

2014

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

167

125

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“…The psychopathology of schizophrenia is also elaborated in terms of disturbance of the minimal or basic bodily self, disembodiment, the loss of intentionality, agency and delusion of control (Kaiser and Weisbrod, 2007;Cermolacce et al, 2007;Jeannerod, 2009). There is increasing research today concerning first-rank symptoms, difficulties with selfrecognition, self-development and meta-cognition (Schimansky et al, 2010;Lysaker et al, 2007Lysaker et al, , 2010Gebhart et al, 2008;Waters and Badcock, 2010).…”

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The physiotherapists' experience of Basic Body Awareness Therapy in patients with schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Hedlund

Gyllensten

2013

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

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Summary Background: Scandinavian physiotherapists (PT) treat patients with schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorder, mainly because of the latter's bodily difficulties. One commonly used method is Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT), targeting the difficulties with sensory motor dysfunction and disembodiment. The aim of the study is to describe the physiotherapist's experiences of using BBAT for patients with Schizophrenia. Method: In a qualitative study, eight physiotherapists, who use BBAT when treating patients with schizophrenia were interviewed. The interview transcriptions were analysed according to content analysis. Results: Three stage related themes were created: "encountering" "discovery towards embodiment", and "inner space towards outer world". In "encountering" the PTs described important aspects at the beginning of treatment. "Discovery towards embodiment" revealed how the PTs conceived that the patients' attention is directed toward their own body and their bodily experiences. The theme, "inner space towards outer world" reflects the PTs experience of the changes achieved and how patients turn their attention to the outside world as a more competent self. ª

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“…a feature that no subjective experience can lack. Our claim is now that the minimal self is disordered in schizophrenia spectrum conditions [10,[19][20][21] but not in other mental disorders-a claim consistently supported by systematic, phenomenologically informed empirical studies (vide infra). In other words, in schizophrenia spectrum disor-ders, we are dealing with a self-disorder that is far more fundamental than any 'self-related' problems or difficult behaviours or characterological traits that may be found in disorders outside the schizophrenia spectrum, e.g., in mood, anxiety, and personality disorders.…”

Section: The Self and Its Disorder In Schizophrenia Spectrum Disordersmentioning

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Clinical Manifestations of Self-disorders in Schizophrenia Spectrum Conditions

Henriksen

Parnas

2017

Current Problems of Psychiatry

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This article explores the phenomenologically informed, theoretical and empirical research direction on self-disorders in the schizophrenia spectrum conditions. First, we describe the concept of 'self' that is operative in the concept of 'self-disorders' and we discuss how this self may be disordered or fragile in the schizophrenia spectrum. Second, we offer a detailed psychopathological presentation and discussion of 3 patients with schizophrenia. The vignettes provide paradigmatic examples of self-disorders in schizophrenia. Third, we summarize the main findings in the current empirical research on self-disorders. These findings consistently indicate that selfdisorders constitute a crucial, trait phenotype of the schizophrenia spectrum.

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The “minimal self” in psychopathology: Re-examining the self-disorders in the schizophrenia spectrum

Cited by 103 publications

References 16 publications

Bodily selves in relation: embodied simulation as second-person perspective on intersubjectivity

Bodily selves in relation: embodied simulation as second-person perspective on intersubjectivity

The physiotherapists' experience of Basic Body Awareness Therapy in patients with schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Clinical Manifestations of Self-disorders in Schizophrenia Spectrum Conditions

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