Symptoms Specific to Schizophrenia

Abstract

Symptoms specific to schizophrenia include self-disturbances, delusional perception and loosening of associations. Self-disturbances in schizophrenia can be explained from the standpoint of an abnormal sense of agency, such as thought broadcasting as an over-attribution of agency and thought insertion as an under-attribution of agency. Delusional perception is often accompanied by impairment of perceptual organization; delusional mood and delusions might result from the reorganization of the fragmented perceptual field, as well as a loss of reality. Impairment of perceptual organization is frequently related to the loosening of associations.