ON BODILY EXPERIENCED DISTURBANCES OF THE SELF

The term ''schizophrenia'' can be translated into ''split mind,'' whic h usually refers to an abstract and complex theory of split psychic fu nctions. In a different sense, however, being split may mean the bodil y experience of a second person existing within the diseased individua l who appears doubled. Three cases are presented to illustrate this ph enomenon, called ''bodily experienced disturbances of the self,'' and the difference from Schneider terminology is stressed.