A disembodied man: A case of somatopsychic depersonalization in schizotypal disorder

PsyCh Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 186-198

  Zaytseva, Yuliya ^a,b,c,d   Szymanski, Caroline ^e   Gutyrchik, Evgeny ^c   Pechenkova, Ekaterina ^f   Vlasova, Rosa ^g   Wittmann, Marc ^h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Outpatient Psychiatry and Organization for Psychiatric Care   (Russian Federation)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^f Institute of Practical Psychology and Psychoanalysis   (Russian Federation)

^g NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^h Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disembodiment; fMRI; Neurocognition; Schizotypal disorder; Self; Somatopsychic depersonalization; Time perception; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; DEPERSONALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADULT; BRAIN; DEPERSONALIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84984804798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20460260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pchj.115     Document Type: Article

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