Body Disownership in Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Develops the concept of disownership toward the entire body from phenomenological and cognitive perspectives Has an interdisciplinary appeal to scholars in phenomenology, cognition, psychology, psychiatry, cultural studies, trauma studies, and philosophy Includes an innovative and expansive focus on the phenomenon of disownership as it applies to the whole body, not just particular limbs

Auteur
Yochai Ataria is Senior Lecturer at Tel-Hai College and Researcher at The Open University of Israel.

Contenu

1. Introduction.- 2. The Twofold Structure of Human Beings.- 3. Ownership.- 4. When Ownership and Agency Collide: The Phenomenology of Limb-Disownership.- 5. The Complex Relations between SA and SBO during Trauma and the Development of Body-Disownership.- 6. Self-injuring Behavior.- 7. The Destructive Nature of Complex PTSD.- 8. Body Disownership: Concluding Remarks.