[Is Akinesia algera by Paul Julius Möbius (1891) as a coenästhetic appearance a still up-to-date phenomenon?].

OBJECTIVE

Considering as example Akinesia algera - postulated in 1891 as a disease by Paul Julius Möbius, the relevance for diagnosing body-related mental disturbances will be demonstrated .

METHOD

Relevant original works of Möbius and of some of his well known contemporaries for instance Kraepelin, Binswanger, Erb were explored. The correlation of the described phenomenon to current textbook doctrine has been attempted.

RESULTS

Möbius, case histories, described as Akinesia algera, can be subsumed under the typology of coenästhetic schizophrenia.

CONCLUSION

Akinesia algera is by primary source to be evaluated as a coenästhetic symptom and remains in daily practice a diagnostic challenge.