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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

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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.

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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.