title: [Alienation: Differential Psychopathology of Ego-Disturbances].
abstract: Alienation, i. e. disorders of the inner experience of integrity, continuity, and agency, represents a feature of both psychotic and non-psychotic disorders. Thereby, ego disturbances are thought to be specific for schizophrenia. Depersonalisation, in contrast, has been reported in schizophrenia as well as a neurotic, probably distinct syndrome. The differentiation of psychotic vs. non-psychotic alienation is often all but trivial. The present paper provides an overview of the historical roots and the psychopathological conceptualizations of alienation. Clinically relevant features of psychotic alienation are highlighted. Experience of passivity, loss of authenticity and disturbances of striving and volition appear as psychotic characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Evangelisches und Johanniter Klinikum Niederrhein, Oberhausen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bodatsch
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Köln.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuhn
mesh_terms: D003861:Depersonalization / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D004532:Ego; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011599:Psychopathology; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012918:Social Alienation / Q000523:psychology*