"Self-consciousness and the Inter-subjective Body" — Narcisse  

Anorexia Nervosa Clinical Trial

Official title: "Narcisse & Echo : Self-consciousness and the Inter-subjective Body"

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that bodily self-consciousness is subjectively and inter-subjectively constituted and that some dimensions of the bodily self-consciousness are impaired in Anorexia nervosa.

Clinical Trial Description

Anorexia nervosa is a severe psychiatric disorder, with high level of mortality. Anorexic patients often experience a serious disturbance in body and their own shape perception.

We hypothesize that bodily self-consciousness is co-constituted by four subjective dimensions which are all inter-subjectively open: in encountering others, one's body is experienced as

1. objectified,

2. the bearer of inter-subjective feelings,

3. an inter-subjective agent and

4. the anchor of an inter-subjectively negotiated perspective.

Across several experiments, we sought to determine which dimension of bodily self-consciousness is altered in Anorexia Nervosa compared to healthy subjects. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anorexia
• Anorexia Nervosa

• NCT number: NCT01964456
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Centre Hospitalier St Anne
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2013
• Completion date: June 2014