Cenesthopathy (from French: cénestopathie,[1] formed from the Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós) "common", αἴσθησῐς (aísthēsis) "feeling", "perception" + πᾰ́θος (páthos) "feeling, suffering, condition"), also known as coenesthesiopathy,[2] is a rare psychiatric term used to refer to the feeling of being ill and this feeling is not localized to one region of the body.[3] Most notably, cenesthopathies are characterized by aberrant and strange bodily sensations (for example, a feeling of wires or coils being present within the oral region; tightening, burning, pressure, tickling etc. occurring in various parts of the body, and so on).[4]

Classification of cenesthopathies

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Type [2][5] Etymology Clinical description
Coenesthesiopathy (cenesthopathy) "Coenesthesia" (κοινός + [αἴ]σθησῐς) + -"pathy". A pathological alteration in the sense of bodily being, caused by abnormal, bizarre sensations in the body.
Hypercoenesthesiopathy (hypercenesthopathy) ("hyper-", from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, "excess") + "coenesthesiopathy") A hypertrophic alteration in the sense of bodily being, caused by abnormal, bizarre sensations in the body.
Hypocoenesthesiopathy (hypocenesthopathy) ("hypo-", from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, "under") + coenesthesiopathy) A hypotrophic alteration in the sense of bodily being, caused by abnormal, bizarre sensations in the body.
Paracoenesthesiopathy (paracenesthopathy) ("para-", from Ancient Greek παρά (pará, "beside, by, contrary to") + coenesthesiopathy) A qualitative alteration in the sense of bodily being, caused by abnormal, bizarre sensations in the body.
Acoenesthesiopathy[note 1] (acenesthopathy) ("a-", from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, "not") + coenesthesiopathy) A total absence of the sense of physical existence.

Cenesthopathic schizophrenia

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The established occurrence of coenesthetic hallucinations in 18% of individuals with a psychiatric diagnosis of schizophrenia has led to the formulation of a separate subgroup of schizophrenia in the ICD-10, called cenesthopathic schizophrenia.[2][6] Cenesthopathic schizophrenia is included (but not defined) within the category "other schizophrenia" (F20.8) in the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.[7][8]

History

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Cenesthopathy (originally French: cénestopathie) is a term created in 1907 by the French neuro-psychiatrists Ernest Ferdinand Pierre Louis Dupré and Paul Camus.[1][9][10]

References

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Notes
  1. ^ Also known as acenesthesia, or total asomatognosia.
Sources
  1. ^ a b Dupré E. (1925). "Chapitre IV: Les Cénestopathies". Pathologie de l'imagination et de l'émotivité. Bibliothèque Scientifique (in French). Paris: Payot. p. 291. OCLC 459305905.
  2. ^ a b c Blom, Jan Dirk (2013). "Hallucinations and Other Sensory Deceptions in Psychiatric Disorders". The Neuroscience of Hallucinations. New York, NY: Springer. pp. 43–57. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-4121-2_3. ISBN 978-1-4614-4120-5.
  3. ^ Berrios, G. E. (1982-04-01). "Tactile hallucinations: conceptual and historical aspects". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 45 (4): 285–293. doi:10.1136/jnnp.45.4.285. ISSN 1468-330X. PMC 491362. PMID 7042917.
  4. ^ Umezaki, Y.; Miura, A.; Watanabe, M.; Takenoshita, M.; Uezato, A.; Toriihara, A.; Nishikawa, T.; Toyofuku, A. (2016). "Oral cenesthopathy". BioPsychoSocial Medicine. 10: 20. doi:10.1186/s13030-016-0071-7. PMC 4903001. PMID 27293481.
  5. ^ Blom, J. D.; Neven, A.; Aouaj, Y.; Jonker, B.; Hoek, H. W. (2010). "De coenesthesiopathieën" [The cenesthesiopathies] (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie (in Dutch). 52 (10): 695–704. PMID 20931483. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  6. ^ "8 Types of Schizophrenia and their differences". Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  7. ^ Jenkins, Gary; Röhricht, Frank (2007). "From Cenesthesias to Cenesthopathic Schizophrenia: A Historical and Phenomenological Review". Psychopathology. 40 (5): 361–368. doi:10.1159/000106314. ISSN 0254-4962. PMID 17657136. S2CID 32303894.
  8. ^ World Health Organization (2016). "International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision: F20.8 Other schizophrenia". Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  9. ^ Dupré, Ernest; Camus, Paul (1907). "Les cénestopathies". Bulletin Médical (in French): 713–714.
  10. ^ Dupré, Ernest; Camus, Paul (1907). "Les cénestopathies". L'Encéphale (in French): 616–631.