THE POSSIBILITY OF PSYCHOSOMATIC INVOLVEMENT OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

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Abstract
Two areas of the cerebral cortex are considered very important in mediating the symptomatology of schizophrenia. The 1st area includes a large part of the temporal lobe (Brodmann''s areas 20, 21 and 37) and small parts of the parietal and occipital lobes (central sections of Brodmann''s areas 7, 19, 39 and 40). The 2d area includes the prefrontal lobes. It is demonstrated how in schizophrenia there is a gradual impairment or decrease in the functions of these areas and a return of primitive mechanisms. A 3d area, which consists of the archipallium, is also considered very important in the symptomatology of schizophrenia, but only secondarily involved. The described cortical impairment is considered psychogenic, aiming at a return to levels of organization where overwhelming anxiety, derived from high forms of symbolism, cannot be experienced. The process is thus seen as a teleologic regression which, however, fails inasmuch as it brings about nervous mechanisms which complicate rather than simplify the dysequilibrium.

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