Literary case study of psychosis: The Vegetarian

Table 1 Salient psychopathological phenomena richly illustrated by the novel The Vegetarian

	Psychopathological phenomena
Paragnomen	A sudden, unexpected and irrational change in thought or behavior that presages the advent of, or impending psychosis
Catatonia	A psychomotor syndrome encompassing hypokinetic, hyperkinetic or parakinetic symptoms affecting motor, behavioral and affective realms that is often associated with psychosis
Praecox-feeling	The immediate pre-discursive grasp of the incomprehensibility of, and inability to establish a natural relationship or mutual understanding with a schizophrenia patient
Autism	The detachment from reality together with relative and absolute predominance of inner life historically associated with schizophrenia