Sensory thresholds and the sense of bodily identity in schizophrenia
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Sakson-Obada, Olga
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机构:
[1] Adam Mickiewicz Univ, Fac Psychol & Cognit Sci, Poznan, Poland
来源:
ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
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2024年
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26卷
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03期
关键词:
schizophrenia;
sense of self;
sense of bodily identity;
pain;
proprioception;
PAIN PERCEPTION;
SELF-DISORDER;
D O I:
10.12740/APP/184196
中图分类号:
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号:
100205 ;
摘要:
Aim of the study: The aim of the study was to investigate: 1) whether schizophrenia is associated with dis-turbances in bodily identity (BI) and in sensation thresholds (STs) assessed by a questionnaire and experi-mental methods (pain and proprioception thresholds); 2) whether disturbances in STs are related to BI in the schizophrenia group. Materials and methods: Fifty-four outpatients with schizophrenia in remission and 54 controls completed: Bod-ily Identity Scale, Heightened Thresholds Scale, and Lowered Thresholds Scale. Their pain and proprioception thresholds were estimated using the TempTest Apparatus and the Discrimination Weights Test, respectively. Results: Compared to the control group, patients with schizophrenia: reported more disturbances in BI and in the STs examined by questionnaire, displayed increased proprioception, but a lower pain threshold. In the schizophrenia group disturbances in BI were only associated with distortions in STs examined by question-naires. Discussion: Disturbances in stimulus processing in the experimental setting did not explain disruptions in BI in schizophrenia, which may be due to the study's methodology and the weak (pain threshold) or moderate (proprioception threshold) manifestation of STs disturbances in the experimental setting in the clinical group. Conclusions: In schizophrenia remission no coherent pattern of sensitivity to experimental stimuli is observed. The increased sensitivity to experimental pain in patients in remission is consistent with the results of previous studies, and undermines the popular thesis of pain indifference in schizophrenia. Patients with schizophrenia struggle throughout their lives with disturbances of bodily identity and states of both over - and under-sensi-tivity to environmental stimuli.
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Univ Parma, Dept Med & Surg, Unit Neurosci, Parma, Italy
Columbia Univ, Italian Acad Adv Studies Amer, New York, NY 10027 USAUniv Parma, Dept Med & Surg, Unit Neurosci, Parma, Italy