The Perceptual Basis of Somatic Delusions in a Case of Schizophrenia

“Dark Nights of the Soul”: Phenomenology and Neurocognition of Spiritual Suffering in Mysticism and Psychosis

“…Body image hallucinations have been widely discussed as a key part of the "positive symptoms" of schizophrenia (Chapman, 1978;Landis, 1964), wherein one's body seems not one's own, changed in shape or size, hollow and invaded by bizarre forces, or melting into external surroundings and objects. Andras Angyal (1935Angyal ( , 1936Angyal ( , 1937 seems to have been the first to suggest that such body hallucinations reflected an involuntary introspective sensitization to the features of Schilder's inner and outer body image. Angyal's patients described hollowness of the inner body, sometimes filled with strange "electrical" currents of kinesthetic motion, or sometimes in terms of specific, often frightening, holes or gaps in stomach, heart, or head.…”

“Dark Nights of the Soul”: Phenomenology and Neurocognition of Spiritual Suffering in Mysticism and Psychosis

“…Body image hallucinations have been widely discussed as a key part of the "positive symptoms" of schizophrenia (Chapman, 1978;Landis, 1964), wherein one's body seems not one's own, changed in shape or size, hollow and invaded by bizarre forces, or melting into external surroundings and objects. Andras Angyal (1935Angyal ( , 1936Angyal ( , 1937 seems to have been the first to suggest that such body hallucinations reflected an involuntary introspective sensitization to the features of Schilder's inner and outer body image. Angyal's patients described hollowness of the inner body, sometimes filled with strange "electrical" currents of kinesthetic motion, or sometimes in terms of specific, often frightening, holes or gaps in stomach, heart, or head.…”

Vestibular Dysfunction and Psychopathology

“…Numerous theoretical speculations about the importance of a vestibular disturbance in schizophrenia were generated by these findings. Noting the poor muscle tone, body-image distortions, and catatonic posturing of some schizophrenic patients, Angyal (1935Angyal ( , 1936Angyal ( , 1937) ) and Schilder (1933) suggested a somatic etiology within the vestibular system. Hoskins (1946) hypothesized that a central nervous system (CNS) impairment underlying vestibular disease contributed to a "homeostatic" disequilibrium at the core of schizophrenic pathology.…”

The Worcester State Hospital research on schizophrenia (1927-1946).

“…Among the descriptive studies in the biological sphere were investigations of gastrointestinal motility (36); polyuria (90,116,122); phytotoxic index (50,51,231); skin temperature (49,70,172,217,218,254); body temperature (70,73,81,172,217,254); and seasonal cholesterol (111). The psychiatric sphere included two series of studies by one investigator: one theoretical (160,203,287,288,348,366) and a second clinical (67,91,92,124). Another psychiatric investigator conducted several series on prognosis (262,298,299,300,319,373); deterioration (298,299,316,355); symptomatology (315, 316, 317); and diagnosis (261).…”

“Dark Nights of the Soul”: Phenomenology and Neurocognition of Spiritual Suffering in Mysticism and Psychosis

“…Body image hallucinations have been widely discussed as a key part of the "positive symptoms" of schizophrenia (Chapman, 1978;Landis, 1964), wherein one's body seems not one's own, changed in shape or size, hollow and invaded by bizarre forces, or melting into external surroundings and objects. Andras Angyal (1935Angyal ( , 1936Angyal ( , 1937 seems to have been the first to suggest that such body hallucinations reflected an involuntary introspective sensitization to the features of Schilder's inner and outer body image. Angyal's patients described hollowness of the inner body, sometimes filled with strange "electrical" currents of kinesthetic motion, or sometimes in terms of specific, often frightening, holes or gaps in stomach, heart, or head.…”

Vestibular Dysfunction and Psychopathology

“…Numerous theoretical speculations about the importance of a vestibular disturbance in schizophrenia were generated by these findings. Noting the poor muscle tone, body-image distortions, and catatonic posturing of some schizophrenic patients, Angyal (1935Angyal ( , 1936Angyal ( , 1937) ) and Schilder (1933) suggested a somatic etiology within the vestibular system. Hoskins (1946) hypothesized that a central nervous system (CNS) impairment underlying vestibular disease contributed to a "homeostatic" disequilibrium at the core of schizophrenic pathology.…”

The Worcester State Hospital research on schizophrenia (1927-1946).

“…Among the descriptive studies in the biological sphere were investigations of gastrointestinal motility (36); polyuria (90,116,122); phytotoxic index (50,51,231); skin temperature (49,70,172,217,218,254); body temperature (70,73,81,172,217,254); and seasonal cholesterol (111). The psychiatric sphere included two series of studies by one investigator: one theoretical (160,203,287,288,348,366) and a second clinical (67,91,92,124). Another psychiatric investigator conducted several series on prognosis (262,298,299,300,319,373); deterioration (298,299,316,355); symptomatology (315, 316, 317); and diagnosis (261).…”

“Dark Nights of the Soul”: Phenomenology and Neurocognition of Spiritual Suffering in Mysticism and Psychosis

“…Body image hallucinations have been widely discussed as a key part of the "positive symptoms" of schizophrenia (Chapman, 1978;Landis, 1964), wherein one's body seems not one's own, changed in shape or size, hollow and invaded by bizarre forces, or melting into external surroundings and objects. Andras Angyal (1935Angyal ( , 1936Angyal ( , 1937 seems to have been the first to suggest that such body hallucinations reflected an involuntary introspective sensitization to the features of Schilder's inner and outer body image. Angyal's patients described hollowness of the inner body, sometimes filled with strange "electrical" currents of kinesthetic motion, or sometimes in terms of specific, often frightening, holes or gaps in stomach, heart, or head.…”

Vestibular Dysfunction and Psychopathology

“…Numerous theoretical speculations about the importance of a vestibular disturbance in schizophrenia were generated by these findings. Noting the poor muscle tone, body-image distortions, and catatonic posturing of some schizophrenic patients, Angyal (1935Angyal ( , 1936Angyal ( , 1937) ) and Schilder (1933) suggested a somatic etiology within the vestibular system. Hoskins (1946) hypothesized that a central nervous system (CNS) impairment underlying vestibular disease contributed to a "homeostatic" disequilibrium at the core of schizophrenic pathology.…”

The Worcester State Hospital research on schizophrenia (1927-1946).

“…Among the descriptive studies in the biological sphere were investigations of gastrointestinal motility (36); polyuria (90,116,122); phytotoxic index (50,51,231); skin temperature (49,70,172,217,218,254); body temperature (70,73,81,172,217,254); and seasonal cholesterol (111). The psychiatric sphere included two series of studies by one investigator: one theoretical (160,203,287,288,348,366) and a second clinical (67,91,92,124). Another psychiatric investigator conducted several series on prognosis (262,298,299,300,319,373); deterioration (298,299,316,355); symptomatology (315, 316, 317); and diagnosis (261).…”