Phenomenology and the Social Context of Psychiatry: Social Relations, Psychopathology, and Husserl's Philosophy

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Series......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 7
Introduction: Towards a Phenomenological Social Psychiatry......Page 10
 References......Page 14
 Introduction......Page 16
 Transcendental Intersubjectivity......Page 18
 Towards a Phenomenological Social Psychiatry of Schizophrenia......Page 21
 Not an Individual Journey......Page 27
 Conclusion......Page 31
 References......Page 32
 The Concept of Psychosis......Page 36
 The World of Psychosis in Schizophrenia......Page 38
  Delusion......Page 39
  Hallucination......Page 41
  Double bookkeeping......Page 43
 Self-Disorders and the Origin of Double Bookkeeping......Page 46
 Conclusion and a Plea for Empathy......Page 48
 Notes......Page 50
 References......Page 52
 Introduction......Page 58
 Empathy as Perception of the Other......Page 59
 Psychiatry, Mental Illness, and Empathy......Page 63
 The Empathic Reduction......Page 67
 References......Page 71
 Introduction......Page 74
 Empathy as an Investigatory Posture: Imitations of Intentionality......Page 75
 Apperception and Empathy: Husserl’s Phenomenology of Intersubjectivity......Page 77
 Empathy as the Spirit’s Way of Knowing......Page 79
 Heideggerian Modes of Attending to the Givenness of Others......Page 82
 Befindlichkeit and Bodying-Forth......Page 86
 Heidegger’s Notion of Mitbefindlichkeit......Page 87
 Towards a Phenomenology of ‘Second-Person’ Perspectivity......Page 88
 Notes......Page 92
 References......Page 96
 Introduction......Page 104
  Phenomenology in clinical psychology......Page 105
  Lacking knowledge of ‘what mental disorders are’......Page 106
  Husserl’s phenomenological method and notion of ‘intentionality’......Page 107
  Giorgi’s contribution: A research method for phenomenological psychology......Page 108
  Bulimia: Fragmented knowledge and the problem of subclinical symptoms......Page 110
  Being diagnosed with bipolar disorder: Acceptance and rejection of diagnosis......Page 112
  Autism in India: The introduction of ‘Western’ approaches in a ‘non-Western’ culture......Page 114
  Resilience among combat soldiers: Problems generalizing about trauma and resilience......Page 116
  ‘Psychosis’: Recovery among African Americans in urban community context......Page 118
  Suffering and decision-making in serious illness and at the end of life: Resilience and recovery of agency through care transit......Page 122
  Findings and methods in phenomenological clinical psychology......Page 124
 Phenomenological Science for Health and Humanity......Page 125
 References......Page 127
 Introduction......Page 130
 Foundational Phenomenological Principles and Insights......Page 131
  Epoche and the eidetic reduction......Page 132
  Intersubjectivity and empathy......Page 133
 The Meaning Structure of Postpartum Depression......Page 134
 Phenomenological Therapy......Page 136
  The mother in focus......Page 137
  The mother-child dyad in focus......Page 139
 Conclusion......Page 141
 References......Page 142
 Introduction......Page 146
 General Remarks on Sensus Communis......Page 147
  Koine aísthesis – sensing oneself and the world......Page 148
  Social sense – sense for shared habitualities......Page 150
  Common sense – rule-guided and pragmatic thinking......Page 152
 The Relation between Koine Aísthesis, Social Sense, and Common Sense......Page 154
 Psychopathological Aspects of Sensus Communis......Page 155
 Therapeutic Consequences......Page 157
 Conclusion/Discussion......Page 158
 Notes......Page 159
 References......Page 162
 Introduction......Page 170
  Gendlin and Rogers’s client-oriented approach......Page 171
 Ethics as a Science......Page 174
  Owning the volitional body......Page 175
  The layers of the volitional body......Page 176
  Owning time......Page 178
  Daseinswert and the volitional body......Page 181
  Being in the society......Page 183
 Conclusions......Page 185
 Notes......Page 187
 References......Page 189
 Introduction......Page 192
 En-worlded Relationality and Primordial Relationality......Page 194
 Husserl’s Egology: The Pure and the Personal Ego......Page 200
 Descriptive Example of the Interplay of Pure and Personal Ego......Page 203
 Conclusions......Page 210
 Notes......Page 211
 References......Page 212
Names Index......Page 214
Subject Index......Page 218