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Disturbed time experience during and after psychosis
D H V Vogel1,2, T Beeker3, T Haidl2
1Research Center Jülich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM3).
Schizophrenia patients experience time disturbances differently in acute psychosis versus remission. Acute phases involve altered time passage, while remission shows changes in integrating past, present, and future time.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Neuroscience
- Phenomenology
Background:
- Disturbances in time experience are linked to schizophrenia's core symptoms.
- Phenomenological theories propose fragmented time perception contributes to psychosis and self-disorders.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate disturbances in time experience in schizophrenia using content analysis.
- To generate hypotheses regarding the nature of time experience alterations in schizophrenia.
Main Methods:
- Content analysis of patient-reported data from the Time Questionnaire.
- Analysis focused on individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Main Results:
- Distinguished between acute psychotic and post-psychotic syndromes regarding time experience.
- Acute psychosis is characterized by disturbances in the passage of time.
- Remission from psychosis involves altered integration of past, present, and future time.
Conclusions:
- Findings support a distinction in time experience disturbances between acute and remitted schizophrenia.
- These insights may inform diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for schizophrenia.
- Highlights the significance of time experience in schizophrenia and future research.
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