Schizophrenia Research
July 23, 2026
Jonas Daub, S. Volkmer, D. Altinok et al.
BACKGROUND Altered experiences of space and time are core features of schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) and mood disorders (MOD). In this study, we investigated whether patients with SSD and MOD exhibit shared or distinct patterns of subjective spatiotemporal experience. METHODS We examined 62 ICD-11 patients (33 SSD, 29 MOD) using the Scale for Space and Time Experience in Psychosis...
Psychopathology
June 30, 2025
Stephan Lechner, Karl Erik Sandsten, Dusan Hirjak et al.
7 citations
The psychopathology of schizophrenia is a complex amalgamation of features that span across different dimensions. These dimensions range from the experience of altered time and space through self-disorders to perceptual, positive, and negative symptoms. The relationship between these different psychopathological dimensions remains unclear. Addressing this gap was the aim of our study. We...
Der Nervenarzt
September 1, 2023
Dusan Hirjak, Jonas Daub, Geva A Brandt et al.
6 citations
Historical authors (e.g., Ludwig Binswanger and Eugène Minkowski) postulated that the experience of patients with schizophrenia is characterized by time fragmentation. From a clinical perspective, patients with schizophrenia also suffer from difficulties in spatial perception (e.g., abnormalities in the experience of interpersonal distance and spatial orientation). Although these changes can...
Schizophrenia Research
June 1, 2023
Geva A Brandt, Stefan Fritze, Maria Krayem et al.
BACKGROUND In the last two decades, much neuroscientific research has been done on the pathomechanisms of catatonia. However, catatonic symptoms have mainly been assessed with clinical rating scales based on observer ratings. Although catatonia is often associated with strong affective reactions, the subjective domain of catatonia has simply been neglected in scientific research. METHODS The...
Der Nervenarzt
March 3, 2021
Dusan Hirjak, Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg, Geva A Brandt et al.
8 citations
Zusammenfassung Substanzinduzierte psychotische Störungen (SIPS) sind häufig und für ca. 25 % der ersten Einweisungen in eine psychiatrische Klinik verantwortlich. Aus klinischer Sicht ist aufgrund ähnlicher psychopathologischer Phänomene die diagnostische Unterscheidung zwischen SIPS und primären (genuinen oder kryptogenen) psychotischen Störungen oft eine Herausforderung. Dieser Umstand wird...