Rethinking Psychopathology: Creative Convergences

Series Editor Foreword
	Psychiatry Innovated: How History Matters
	References
Contents
Contributors
Chapter 1: Introduction
	References
Part I: Personal
	Chapter 2: The Academic Beginnings of Germán Berrios at the ‘Universidad Nacional Mayor De San Marcos’
		Introduction
		The Beginnings and Context of the Protagonist
		The ‘Problems of Contemporary Psychiatry’
			Concerning Psychiatry and Philosophy
			Concerning Psychiatry and Science
			Concerning Psychiatry and Neurology
			Concerning Psychiatry and Psychology
			Concerning Psychiatry and Politics
		Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 3: Notes on the Work of Professor German E. Berrios
		References
	Chapter 4: From Neuropsychiatry to Social Cognition: A Journey with Berrios
		References
	Chapter 5: Conceptual Histories in Psychiatry: Perspectives Across Time, Language and Culture in the Work of German Berrios
		Introduction
		The Question
		The Corpus
		The Bibliophile
		The Linguist
		The Early Riser
		Memory
		Fellowship
		Australian Connections
		The Pantheon
		References
Part II: Epistemological
	Chapter 6: Critique of Psychopathological Reason: The Work of G.E. Berrios
		Initial Works
		The Semiological Research
			Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
			Affectivity
			Dementia
		Doctrinal Works
			Descriptive Psychopathology
			Delusion
			Phenomenology, Psychopathology, and Jaspers
			Discussion and Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 7: What Is Psychiatry?
		Why Ask the Question?
		How to Tackle the Question?
		One Particular Path
		Why Is This Important?
		References
	Chapter 8: Recovering the Context in Psychopathology
		Introduction
		The Context in Psychopathology
		Background Context for the Decontextualisation of Psychopathology
		Decontextualisation of Symptoms in the Era of Biological Psychiatry
		Contexts in Psychotic-Like Experiences
		Contexts in Ideas of Reference
		Context in Formal Thought Disorder
		Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 9: Stress and Distress in Psychiatry: A Conceptual Analysis
		Introduction
		Concepts
		Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Concepts
		The Creation of Concepts in Psychiatry
			The Concepts of Stress and Distress in Psychiatry
			The Concept of Stress in Psychiatry: A Contemporary Example of Concept Formation
			New Directions in the Contemporary Concepts of Stress and Distress
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 10: Cultural Configurators and the Formation of Mental Symptoms
		Introduction
		The Epistemological Structure of Psychiatry
		The Formation and Configuration of Mental Symptoms
		Configurators and Social Factors in Psychiatry
		Configurators and Pathoplasty
		Configurators and Social Representations
		Configurators and Intersubjectivity
		Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 11: Psychogenesis: Conceptual Analysis
		Psychogenesis and Its Convergences
		Psychogenesis: Epistemological Context
		The Methodenstreit
		Psychogenesis in Freud
		Psychogenesis in Jaspers
		Psychogenesis in Wimmer
		Psychogenesis in Lacan
		Psychogenesis in Ey
		The Notion of Reaction
		Psychogenesis in Symptom Formation
		How Does Psychogenesis Exert Its Causal Power?
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 12: Supervenience and the Mind-Body Problem in Psychiatry
		Pre-introduction
		Introduction
		A Short History of Supervenience
		Supervenience and Philosophy of Mind
		Aesthetics and Philosophy of Mind
		Supervenience and Aesthetics
		The Mind-Body Supervenience in Depression
		The Aesthetic–Non-aesthetic Supervenience and the Mind-Body Supervenience
		The Music-Acoustic Supervenience
		Understanding the Mind-Brain Supervenience in Depression Through Musical Supervenience
		The Nature of Covariance in the Mind-Body Supervenience in Light of Musical Supervenience
		Conclusions
		References
Part III: Historical
	Chapter 13: At the Origins of Hermeneutic Psychopathology
		Introduction
		Hermeneutics and Human Sciences in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
			Friedrich Schleiermacher
			Wilhelm Dilthey
			Georg Simmel
			Max Weber
			Theodor Lipps
			Moritz Geiger
		The Concept of Verstehen in the Psychopathology of Karl Jaspers
		Understanding as Hermeneutics in the Psychopathology of Karl Jaspers
		Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 14: The Discontents of Psychiatry: What Can the History of Psychiatry and Values-Based Medicine Contribute to Resolving Them?
		How can the History of Psychiatry Help us Better Understand Our Current Theory and Practice?
		Towards a Model of Values-Based Psychiatry
		References
	Chapter 15: The Origins of Psychiatric Epidemiology in Chile in the Twentieth Century, as a Tool for Community Action: An Historical Analysis
		Introduction
		The First Studies in Epidemiology of Mental Disorders in Chile
		The Interest in the ‘Social Question’ at the Base of Epidemiological Studies
		From Epidemiology to Community Action
		Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 16: The Evolution of Portuguese Psychiatry in the First Decades of the Twentieth Century
		Introduction
		Psychopathological Renewal
		Social and Political Context
		Evolution of Psychiatric Care and New Therapies
		References
	Chapter 17: Recalibrating the Work of Juan Valverde de Amusco in the Sixteenth-Century Anatomical Revolution
		Introduction
		An Unknown Biography
		Scientific Work
			De Animi et Corporis Sanitate Tuenda Libellus (1552)
			History of the Composition of the Human Body (1556)
		The Illustrations
		The Editions and the Great Diffusion
		Controversy with Vesalio
		Conclusions About Valverde’s Anatomy Book
		References
	Chapter 18: August Wimmer’s Concept: Psychogenic Psychoses, a Source-Critical Study
		References
Part IV: Psychopathological
	Chapter 19: The Experience of People with Formal Thought Disorder
		Introduction
		Describing FTD
		FTD Is Not Restricted to Clinical Populations
		FTD: Its Impact on Communication with Self and Others
		FTD, Inner Pragmatics, Cognitive Phenomenology
		FTD and External Pragmatics
		FTD and the Lived Life
		FTD: A Meaning Beyond the Mechanism
		Schizophrenia Patient’s Language as Comprehensible
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 20: Paved with Good Intentions: Defining Traumatic Stress Disorders
		Introduction
			Born in Sin
			Success Story
		Why?
		Where Dr. Berrios’ Teaching Opens a Path Forward
		Reintroducing Simplicity
		References
	Chapter 21: Distortions of Time Experience and Descriptive Psychopathology
		Part I: General Conceptual Introduction
			On Descriptive Psychopathology
			Time(s)
			On Time and Psychiatry
			A Note on the Differences Between Experimental Psychology of Time and the Psychopathology of Time
		Part II: A Historical Summary and Analysis of Psychiatric Research on DTE
			Why Are DTE Not Part of the Current ‘Official List’ of Symptoms?
		Part III: The Symptoms Described
			Some General Aspects of Ordinary Time Experiences
				Non-ordinary Time Experiences in Healthy People
			DTE: The Phenomena and Their Descriptions
			Other Phenomena Conceived as DTE
		Part IV: Towards a New Classification for DTE
			A Tentative Definition of Psychological Time for Descriptive Psychopathology
			A Proposal for a New Classification of DTE
			Alterations of Psychological Time in Psychiatric Patients
		Summary and Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 22: Visual Symbology and Psychopathology in Frida Kahlo’s Work
		Introduction and Background
		Medical History
		Frida as a Painter
		Themes of Her Paintings
		Psychopathology
		Depressive Mood and Anxiety
		Depersonalization
		Double Objects and Self-Portraits
		Narcissism
		Borderline
		Gender Dysphoria
		Emotional Ambivalence
		Confabulations
		Deterioration
		Discussion and Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 23: The Contribution of the Cambridge School of Psychopathology for the Understanding of Psychosomatic Symptoms
		The Cambridge Model of Symptom Formation
		References
Part V: Neuropsychiatry
	Chapter 24: Researching Wilson’s Disease
		Historical Background
			The Emergence of Wilson’s Disease
			Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson
			A Tale of Two Fathers and Sons
			Molecular Genetics and Beyond
			Researching WD: Getting Started
			Research Fellow (1986–1988)
		Methods
			Retrospective Study
			Prospective Study
			Multivariate Study
			Longitudinal Study
		Findings
			Retrospective Study
			Prospective Study
			Multivariate Study
			Longitudinal Study
		Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 25: Reflections on the Psychopathology of Acquired Brain Injury
		Introduction
		Behavioural Changes
			Data from Patient Cohorts
			Case 1: Severe Behavioural Disorder
			Case 2: Lack of Social Skills and Social Rejection
		Memory Disorders and Distorted Beliefs
			Case 3: Persistent ‘Déjà Vu’
			Case 4: Capgras Syndrome
		Discussion
			Cohorts and Single Cases
			Psychopathology of Emotions in ABI
		References
Index