The Disunity of Consciousness in Psychiatric Disorders

The normal unity of consciousness may fragment or break down in psychiatric disorders. This chapter examines how different forms of unity of consciousness can be lost in conditions like multiple personality disorder, schizophrenia, and depersonalization.

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Abstract

It is often said that the normal unity of consciousness fragments, and perhaps even breaks down entirely, in psychiatric disorders. This chapter examines ways in which the unity-or, better, unities-of consciousness might be lost in the context of psychiatric disorders, such as multiple personality disorder, schizophrenia, and depersonalization.