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[Schizophrenia -- an existential disease]
W Pieringer1, C Fazekas, C Pieringer
1Universitätsklinik für Medizinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie Graz/Osterreich. walter.pieringer@meduni-graz.at
Fortschritte Der Neurologie-Psychiatrie
|November 5, 2005
Summary
Schizophrenic psychosis is an existential illness reflecting human nature, not merely a pathology. Re-interpreting it anthropologically offers therapeutic insights into human existence and suffering.
Area of Science:
- Medical Anthropology
- Theoretical Pathology
- Phenomenology
Context:
- Re-examines established findings in schizophrenic psychosis.
- Integrates medical anthropological (V. Weizsäcker) and theoretical pathological (W. Dörr) perspectives.
- Considers schizophrenic psychosis as an existential illness and a cultural challenge.
Purpose:
- To phenomenologically investigate three continuously relevant points regarding schizophrenic psychosis.
- To explore the cultural-scientific thesis of uniform onto- and pathogeny in illnesses.
- To analyze the anthropological thesis of the existential 'Spiegelfunktion' (mirror function) of schizophrenic psychosis.
- To discuss the therapeutic thesis on paradoxical intervention for schizophrenic psychosis.
Summary:
- Schizophrenic psychosis is presented as an existential illness, reflecting fundamental aspects of human nature.
- It is argued that understanding psychosis as an anthropological phenomenon, rather than purely pathological, has therapeutic implications.
- The paper emphasizes the 'Spiegelfunktion' of psychosis, highlighting its role in reflecting the human condition.
Impact:
- Suggests that acknowledging schizophrenic psychosis as an existential problem, not just a disease, can be therapeutically effective.
- Advocates for a subject-oriented medical analysis that considers the existential predicament of humanity.
- Contributes to a deeper understanding of mental illness within broader cultural and anthropological frameworks.