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Soldatkin V.A.

GBOU VPO "Rostovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ meditsinskiĭ universitet" Minzdrava Rossii, Rostov-na-Donu

Krysenko P.B.

Rostov State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Rostov, Russia

Kryuchkova M.N.

Rostov State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Rostov, Russia

Is syndrome of embodied presence a rare psychopathological phenomenon?

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Soldatkin V.A., Krysenko P.B., Kryuchkova M.N.

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Journal: S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2019;119(3): 82‑91

DOI: 10.17116/jnevro201911903182

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IS SYNDROME OF EMBODIED PRESENCE A RARE PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL PHENOMENON?
IS SYNDROME OF EMBODIED PRESENCE A RARE PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL PHENOMENON?

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Soldatkin VA, Krysenko PB, Kryuchkova MN. Is syndrome of embodied presence a rare psychopathological phenomenon? S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2019;119(3):82‑91. (In Russ.)
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The literature review addresses the history, clinical presentations, prevalence, differentiation with similar conditions and concepts explaining the development of a rare phenomenon named embodied presence. The authors state that this syndrome is not exclusively rare though it is rarely diagnosed in clinical practice due to the lack of the unified approach to its clinical identification.

Keywords:

clinical psychiatry
psychopathology
psychopathological syndrome
syndrome of embodied presence

Authors:

Soldatkin V.A.

GBOU VPO "Rostovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ meditsinskiĭ universitet" Minzdrava Rossii, Rostov-na-Donu

Krysenko P.B.

Rostov State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Rostov, Russia

Kryuchkova M.N.

Rostov State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Rostov, Russia

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