EASE: Examination of anomalous self-experience

The Examination of Anomalous Self-Experience ( EASE) is a symptom checklist for semi-structured, phenomenological exploration of experiential or subjective anomalies that may be considered as disorders of basic or 'minimal' self-awareness. The EASE is developed on the basis of self-descriptions obtained from patients suffering from schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The scale has a strong descriptive, diagnostic, and differential diagnostic relevance for disorders within the schizophrenia spectrum. This version contains interview-specific issues and psychopathological item descriptions ( Manual), a scoring sheet ( Appendix A), a reminder list of items for use during the interview ( Appendix B) and an EASE/BSABS ('Bonner Skala fur die Beurteilung von Basis-symptomen') item comparison list (Appendix C).