[Psychopathologic manifestations in the sphere of subjectivity: disorders of self]

As much as it strives to be "scientific" psychiatry can not obviate its necessary bonds to the subjectivity of the subject. The attempt has been made to reflect the richness of manifestation of subjectivity by means of a formalization process based on the traditional concept of it. This has led to the concept of disorders of self (Ichstörungen). They are of central importance in clinical psychiatry and psychopathology, as can be seen in the attempts to conceptualize schizophrenia. However, the presumed degree of precisión reached runs parallel to the apartness of the fidelity to the effective vivification of the patient. This discord is interpreted as a fault in the conceptualization of the disorders of self and the possibilities originates by corporality point to the need to redefine, once again and in depth, the concept of subjectivity which is the foundation of psychiatry.