A CASE OF SCHIZOID (LAING)

FROM THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL VIEWPOINT

Abstract

A case, male, 22 years old, of Schizoid (Laing) was reported. His father died in his early infancy and he was brought up dy his mother. In his childhood, he was used to be left alone at home for the most of time because his mother had been busy in working and in religious activities. His personality had changed gradually and became autistic. He complained of depersonalization and of demasculinity at the time of the first admission to our clinic (18 years old).
In spite of intensive drug-, psychotherapies and care and support by doctors, case workers, employers, he could not find his own way to live in this world. He comitted suicide at the age of 22.
History of his life and his psychic symptoms were described phenomenologically and were tried to understand anthropologically, following the theory of Laing.