With a tradition of examining self-disturbances (Ichstörungen) in schizophrenia,
phenomenological psychiatry studies the person's subjective experience without imposing …

Abstract Models of schizophrenia, which focus exclusively on discrete symptoms and
neurocognitive deficits, risk missing the possibility that a core feature of the disorder involves …

Deicits in metacognitive capacity in schizophrenia can be conceptualized as existing along
a spectrum from more discrete to more synthetic activities. While each represents an equally …

While it has been documented that persons with prolonged schizophrenia have deficits in
metacognition and social cognition, it is less clear whether these difficulties are already …

Abstract Theory of mind (ToM), the ability to attribute and reason about the mental states of
others, is a strong determinant of social functioning among individuals with schizophrenia …

Empathic deficits have been linked to poor functioning in schizophrenia, but this work is
mostly limited to self-report data. This study examined whether performance-based empathy …

Significant metacognitive impairments are observed in chronic psychosis samples but
metacognition is less understood in first episode psychosis (FEP). The current study …

Research has suggested that many with schizophrenia experience decrements in synthetic
metacognition, or the abilities to form integrated representations of oneself and others and …

While alexithymia, or difficulties identifying and describing affect, has been commonly
observed in schizophrenia, little is known about its causes and correlates. To test the …

Background Metacognitive dysfunction has been widely recognized as a feature of
schizophrenia. As it is linked with deficits in several aspects of daily life functioning …