Schizophrenia, sense of smell and projective technique "Figure of non-existent animal": observation from practice
Analysis of the protocols for the study of patients in a psychiatric hospital using the projective methodology «The figure of a non-existent animal» allows us to assert that the addition of the standard procedure to the question of the prevailing sense organ can serve as an additional diagnostic criterion for distinguishing endogenous pathology. As a result of our qualitative analysis of the study protocols, it can be argued that violations of the olfactory function are reflected in the content of the patient's story. However, at the moment the mechanism of formation of this projection is unclear, in connection with which, further studies of the phenomenon are required.