Structure of Transitional Symptoms of the Sensopathic Group

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to examine the general patterns of symptom formation in patients with pathological bodily sensations of the sensopathic group. A total of 105 patients with cenesthopathies from various nosological groups were examined, and 241 statements were directly analyzed. The results confirmed the heterogeneous nature of cenesthopathies, which can be incorporated into a wide variety of syndromes with differing degrees of structural coherence and phenomenological clarity. Cenesthopathies that were part of complex sensopathic syndromes were more common (54.8%) than those occurring as a monosymptom of altered corporeality (45.2%). Cenesthopathies within depersonalization disorders were significantly more frequent than those within sensory automatisms or visceral hallucinations. The inclusion of cenesthopathies in the structure of complex sensopathic syndromes was a distinguishing feature of schizophrenia, while the inclusion of cenesthopathies in clinically incomplete sensopathic phenomena was characteristic of both schizophrenia and affective disorders.