Abulie

Abulie ( Greek ἀβουλία aboulia , lack of will ”) stands for a pathological weakness of will or indecision with a lack of volitional drive. Eugen Bleuler counted abulia among the basic symptoms of schizophrenia , but it can also occur in other diseases (see negative symptoms ). The term was coined by Max Nordau .

Characteristics

Affected persons would like to carry out an activity or action, but cannot make a decision in this regard or are unable to carry it out. Abulia is often associated with an excessive increase in automatisms and a weakness of sensitivity .

The symptom occurs mainly in diseases of the frontal lobe (e.g. frontal lobe syndrome , tumor or head injuries ), in depression and other mood disorders , neuroses (such as personality disorders ) and in the context of psychoses . It is often accompanied by melancholy . In addition, there may be silence ( mutism ) or sparse language with long pauses and the inability to use longer monologues ( alogy ).

Effects

Good resolutions are never carried out. It is moved and moved; It is no longer possible to concentrate on the actual project or on a single activity. As a result, there can be a complete loss of willpower and the associated considerable difficulties in coping with everyday life and social isolation .

therapy

Abulia is not an independent and therefore treatable disease, but is always a symptom of another disease. The treatment of the underlying disease, e.g. B. a depression, is therefore in the foreground.

Demarcation

The inability to speak due to a loss of phonic innervation is also known as abulia .

literature

Friedrich Kirchner : Dictionary of basic philosophical terms. 1907, updated new edition at: Meiner Micha͏̈elis, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7873-2500-9 .

Web links

Wiktionary: Abulie - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Uwe Henrik Peters (2007): Dictionary of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology . 6. New edition Fischer at Elsevier ISBN 978-3-437-15061-6 . See St. Abulie (page 4) .
↑ Friedrich Kirchner (1907): Dictionary of basic philosophical terms. ISBN 9783849617639 . See entry on Abulie .
↑ Christian Müller (1973): Lexikon der Psychiatrie: Collected treatises of the most common psychopathological terms . Springer publishing house. ISBN 978-3-642-96154-0 . See detailed entry on Abulie (page 1).
↑ medhost (medical lexicon): Abulie

[:0-1] Uwe Henrik Peters (2007): Dictionary of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology . 6. New edition Fischer at Elsevier ISBN 978-3-437-15061-6 . See St. Abulie (page 4) .

[:1-2] Friedrich Kirchner (1907): Dictionary of basic philosophical terms. ISBN 9783849617639 . See entry on Abulie .

[Müller2013-3] Christian Müller (1973): Lexikon der Psychiatrie: Collected treatises of the most common psychopathological terms . Springer publishing house. ISBN 978-3-642-96154-0 . See detailed entry on Abulie (page 1).

[4] st (medical lexicon): Abulie