Psychopathology
Case Report
Being a WebcamSchmid-Siegel B.a · Stompe T.a · Ortwein-Swoboda G.baUniversity Hospital for Psychiatry Vienna, Vienna, and bHigh Security Hospital Göllersdorf, Göllersdorf, Austria
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Article / Publication Details
Received: April 10, 2003
Accepted: August 22, 2003
Published online: May 14, 2004
Issue release date: March – April
Number of Print Pages: 2
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 0254-4962 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-033X (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/PSP
Abstract
Searching through studies of schizophrenic delusions with a view to the new media, we came across the case of a young woman who integrated the Internet in her delusional system. Analysing the story she told, we recognised a psychotic symptom, which we preliminarily called ‘perception broadcast’. Perception broadcast shows a more complex structure than the related first rank symptom ‘thought broadcast’ described by Kurt Schneider. In our view the existence of a structure like perception broadcast depends on the existence of new technologies, such as the World Wide Web and ‘virtual reality’, creating new cultural patterns which themselves are associated with collective perceptions of derealisation.
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Article / Publication Details
Received: April 10, 2003
Accepted: August 22, 2003
Published online: May 14, 2004
Issue release date: March – April
Number of Print Pages: 2
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 0254-4962 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-033X (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/PSP
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