Research by Josef Parnas and others has resulted in the Examination of Anomalous Experience, a philosophical structure for examining cognitive disorders. The research, between philosophers, neuroscientists, and psychiatrists indicates commonalities of disordered thought, especially anomalous self-experience. The EASE is designed to be used as a treatment aid for educating psychiatrists on how to recognize and respond to patients attempting to explain their thought disorder symptoms.
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Handest P, Parnas J. Clinical characteristics of first-admitted patients with ICD-10 schizotypal disorder. British J Psychiatry, 2005; 187 (Suppl. 48): 49-54.
Moller P, Husby R. 2000, The initial prodrome in schizophrenia: searching for naturalistic core dimensions of experience and behavior, Schizophr Bull, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 217-32.
Parnas J, Jansson L, Sass LA, Handest P. Self-experience in the prodromal phases of schizophrenia: A pilot study of first admissions. Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research. 1998; 6: 97-106.
Sass L, Parnas J. Self, consciousness, and schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2003; 29/3: 427-444.
Parnas J, Handest P, Sæbye D, Jansson L. Anomalies of subjective experience in schizophrenia and psychotic bipolar illness. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2003, 108:126-133.
Parnas J, Handest P. Phenomenology of anomalous self-experience in early schizophrenia
Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2003: 44 (2); 121-34.
Parnas J, Bovet P, Licht D. (2005) Cluster A personality disorders: A review. In M. Maj, H. Aksiskal, JE Mezzich, A Okasha (eds.) Personality Disorders. WPA Series: Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry. Chichester, John Wiley & Sons.
Parnas J, Handest P. Troubles de la conscience de soi: importance pathogénique et clinique dans la schizophrénie debutante. Psychiatrie, Sciences Humaines, Neuroscience. 2005: 3 (suppl. 1) ; 17-29.
Parnas J, Handest P, Jansson L, Sæbye D. Anomalies of Subjective Experience among First-admitted Schizophrenia Spectrum Patients: Empirical Investigation.
Psychopathology. 2005: 38; 259-267.
Skodlar B, Tomori M, Parnas J. Subjective experience and suicidal ideation in schizophrenia.Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2008, in press, avaiable online.
Vollmer-Larsen A, Handest P, Parnas J. Reliability of measuring anomalous experience: the Bonn Scale for the Assessment of Basic Symptoms (BSABS). Psychopathology, 2007, 40; 345-348.