title: [Concepts of anthroposophic psychiatry and their contribution to understanding schizophrenia].
abstract: A concept of central importance in alternative forms of psychiatry, namely the concept of the etheric body, is elaborated in reference to disturbed body sensations of schizophrenic patients. In the non-orthodox approach the etheric body, i.e. a spatial organisation of forces active in the organism that is perceived only under specific circumstances, is a mediating medium between body and soul. The concept of the etheric body proves to be associated with both, the still unsolved body-mind-problem and the problem of conceptualising psychic energy. Schizophrenia is interpreted as a disorder in which the connections between body, etheric body and mind have come loose.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Bern.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Andres
mesh_terms: D000887:Anthroposophy; D001828:Body Image; D004532:Ego; D006801:Humans; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
vernacular_title: Konzepte der anthroposophischen Psychiatrie und deren Beitrag zum Verständnis der Schizophrenie.