ArticleSchizophrenia bulletin2020
Self-Disorders in Asperger Syndrome Compared to Schizotypal Disorder: A Clinical Study.
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- Prevalence and assessment of self-disorders in the schizophrenia spectrum: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- The Self in the Spectrum: A Meta-analysis of the Evidence Linking Basic Self-Disorders and Schizophrenia.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2021Pooled it
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- Syntactic and affective prosody recognition: Schizophrenia vs. Autism spectrum disorders.PloS one · 2023Article
- Anomalous self-experience, body image disturbance, and eating disorder symptomatology in first-onset anorexia nervosa.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- The Lost Neural Hierarchy of the Autistic Self-Locked-Out of the Mental Self and Its Default-Mode Network.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Anomalies of Imagination, Self-Disorders, and Schizophrenia Spectrum Psychopathology: A Network Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThere are historical and theoretical indications of a difference in subjective experience between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the schizophrenia spectrum. However, this difference has not been empirically explored. Therefore, to explore potential differences in subjective experience between the 2 spectra, we examined the presence/absence of self-disorders in Asperger syndrome/autism spectrum disorder (As/ASD) compared to schizotypal disorder (Sd). Self-disorders represent changes in basic self-awareness which have been found to accumulate within the schizophrenia spectrum.
methodsAll participants were recruited from clinical units and interviewed with a focus on the exploration of presence/absence of self-disorders, with the Examination of Anomalous Self-Experience (EASE) scale, and a general assessment of present psychopathology, with Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN).
resultsA total of 51 participants (As/ASD, n = 22; Sd, n = 29) were included in the statistical analyses. When controlling for age, gender, years of education, mental problems before the age of 16, and special needs school attendance, there was a clear difference in presence/absence of self-disorders between the 2 groups, with significantly higher levels in the Sd group. Further, there was an overlap in SCAN-rated symptoms between the 2 groups.
conclusionOur results indicate a significant difference between As/ASD and Sd at the level of the basic self, which, in turn, indicates that an exploration of anomalous self-experience is a valuable supplement in the clinical differentiation between As/ASD and Sd.
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