Parnas J. & Gallagher S. (2015) Phenomenology and the interpretation of psychopathological experience. In: Kirmayer L., Lemelson R. & Cummings C. (eds.) Re-visioning psychiatry: Cultural phenomenology, critical neuroscience, and global mental health.. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 65–80. https://cepa.info/2397
Parnas J. & Gallagher S.
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2015)
Phenomenology and the interpretation of psychopathological experience.
In: Kirmayer L., Lemelson R. & Cummings C. (eds.) Re-visioning psychiatry: Cultural phenomenology, critical neuroscience, and global mental health.. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 65–80.
Fulltext at https://cepa.info/2397
What do psychiatrists encounter when they encounter psychopathological experience in their patients? How should we interpret such experiences? In this chapter we contrast a standard checklist approach to diagnosing and treating psychopathology, based on psychological operationalizing, and a non-standard phenomenological approach that emphasizes the importance of a specific kind of interpretive interview.

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