In foundational texts on schizophrenia, the mental disorder was constitutively linked to a
specific disintegration of subjectivity (often termed a self-disorder). Apart from Scharfetter's …

Genetics constitute a crucial risk factor to schizophrenia. In the last decade, molecular
genetic research has produced novel findings, infusing optimism about discovering the …

Historical and current research on borderline personality disorder reveal certain affinities
with schizophrenia spectrum psychopathology. This is also the case for the borderline …

Self-disturbances such as an anomalous perception of one's own body boundary are central
to the phenomenology of schizophrenia (SZ), but measuring the spatial parameters of the …

The differential diagnosis of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and schizophrenia-
spectrum disorders can be difficult. In the current diagnostic criteria, basic concepts such as …

Background and goals Recent studies indicate that basic self-disorder (SD) is a core clinical
phenotype of schizophrenia and its spectrum. The goal of the present study was to test the …

Self-disorders have been hypothesized to be an underlying and trait-like core feature of
schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and a certain degree of temporal stability of self-disorders …

Schizophrenia and autism are today considered complex spectrum disorders characterized
by difficulties in social behavior. Drawing on recent advances in collective or shared …

During the last decades, research in phenomenological psychopathology has provided a
vast array of insights that are invaluable for understanding the experiential worlds of patients …

The new edition of Personality Disorders continues to provide an in-depth guide to
personality disorders, assessment, and treatment, across varied patient groups and settings …