| Misunderstanding Psychopathology as Medical Semiology: An Epistemological Enquiry. | |
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PMID: 21502772 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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In our everyday clinical experience we encounter significant problems directly related to the instability of psychopathological concepts. In order to trace the origin of this inconsistency, the nature of these concepts will be explored in their historical development. They will be compared to those pertaining to medical semiology, paying special attention to the specific nature of the 'object' each of them refers to. While concepts belonging to medical semiology refer to natural objects and retain their meaning independently of the patient's context, psychopathological concepts refer to fragments of experience, which lose their significance if detached from their contextual horizon. The instability of psychopathological concepts is a consequence of the misunderstanding of psychopathology as medical semiology. As an alternative to this view, it will be argued that psychopathology represents an active and never-ending process aimed at the creation of intelligibility. |
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Pablo Ramos Gorostiza; Jaime Adan Manes |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-4-19 |
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Title: Psychopathology Volume: 44 ISSN: 1423-033X ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
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Created Date: 2011-4-19 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8401537 Medline TA: Psychopathology Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 205-215 Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel. |
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Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain. |
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