the patient fails to monitor his intention to act (Frith, 1987)

act (Frith, 1987). In other words the patientÕs intention to perform an action remains at an uncon-
scious level. As a result he fails to anticipate that the action will occur. When this unexpected ac-
tion does occur it is inevitable that he does not feel in control of this action. The advantage of this
account is that it leads to predictions about behaviour that can be tested experimentally. A lack of
self-monitoring will cause an inability to make the very rapid error corrections that depend upon
being aware that the intended action is wrong rather than having to wait for the action to finish to
observe its erroneous consequences.

Schneiderian first-rank symptoms caused by benzodiazepine withdrawal.