Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: In this theoretical paper with a clinical focus, three different meanings of depression in schizophrenia spectrum patients - depression as a reaction to schizophrenia, as an integral part of it, and as an independent disorder - are exposed and discussed from a phenomenological point of view. A well-reflected schizophrenia patient is briefly introduced in order to illustrate the clinical relevance of the aforementioned distinctions. The clinical relevance of thorough phenomenological and hermeneutical analysis of patients' experiences ranges from diagnostic to psychotherapeutic implications.
Source: PubMed
Author: Borut Skodlar
Institutions: University of Ljubljana, University Psychiatric Hospital
Language: English
Topic: Mental Health and Psychiatry
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2309077279