A mode of self-identity disturbance on schizophrenia--insufficiency of symbolic function and aggression against others
Nakaya, M.
Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi 89(8): 581-592
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2658 PMID: 2450383 Document Number: 305058
In this paper, the author studied a mode of self-identity disturbance on schizophrenia. The patient that the author presented has four pathological features. 1. His self-identity is disturbed when modality of his behaviour changes. 2. He cannot expect how others react toward his own behaviour. 3. He imitates others' behaviours mimically. 4. He shows the specific aggression against others. That is to say, he wants to kill men when he shows himself seriously. Self-identity disturbance, being unable to expect others' reactions, and his mimicry are based on the insufficiency of symbolic function. That is to say, in case of this patient, the arbitrary changeability of "significant" is restricted, so the fixed connection is established between "significant" and "signifie". Moreover, the specific aggression is closely related to self-identity disturbance. It is thought that the self-estrangement in mirror stage (presented by Lacan, J.) causes this aggression.