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Subjective experiences in schizophrenia: a critical review
1Psychiatric Unit, Virgen del Camino Hospital, Pamplona, Spain.
Comprehensive Psychiatry
|May 1, 1994
Summary
Subjective experiences are common in schizophrenia and linked to illness activity and deficits. Research is exploring their connection to information processing and the vulnerability/stress model.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Clinical Psychology
- Neuroscience
Background:
- Subjective experiences are frequent in schizophrenia but understudied.
- Recent scales for evaluating subjective experiences show promising psychometric properties.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the current status of subjective experiences in schizophrenia.
- To explore associations between subjective experiences and demographic/clinical factors.
- To investigate the relationship between subjective experiences and information processing.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing literature and scales for subjective experiences.
- Analysis of correlations between subjective experiences and sex, education, and insight.
- Examination of associations with positive and negative symptoms in acute and remission stages.
Main Results:
- Subjective experiences correlate with female sex, lower education, and lack of insight.
- In acute schizophrenia, they link to positive symptoms and illness activity.
- In remission, they relate to negative symptoms and psychological deficits.
Conclusions:
- Subjective experiences are significant in schizophrenia, varying by illness stage.
- Further research is needed on information processing links.
- A vulnerability/stress model framework is proposed for understanding these experiences.