Rediscovering psychopathology: The epistemology and phenomenology of the psychiatric object

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 270-277

  Parnas, Josef ^a   Sass, Louis A ^b   Zahavi, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epistemology; Jaspers; phenomenology; psychiatric object; sign; symptom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPREHENSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; EMPIRICISM; EPISTEMOLOGY; FANTASY; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LANGUAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CONSCIOUSNESS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 84874511096     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbs153     Document Type: Article

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