[Process--development--personality change. Psychotraumatological considerations on basic concepts of psychopathology]

Area of Science:

• Psychiatry
• Psychotraumatology

Context:

• Venzlaff's 1958 concept of "erlebnisbedingte Persönlichkeitswandel" (reactive personality change).
• Classification as enduring personality change after catastrophic experience (ICD-10 F62.0).
• Integration with anthropological psychotraumatology (Straus, Müller-Suur).

Purpose:

• To characterize reactive personality change as a prototype for enduring personality change after catastrophic experiences.
• To interpret the syndrome as an "incurable disruption of existence" based on Venzlaff's work.
• To contextualize reactive personality change within psychopathology, process, and development using Jaspers' framework.

Summary:

• Reactive personality change involves profound, irreversible alterations in an individual's worldview and self-perception post-catastrophe.
• Symptoms indicate a deep, enduring disruption of the individual's existential order.
• The phenomenon is analyzed as a "psychic process" within the broader scope of psychopathology.

Impact:

• Provides a framework for understanding severe post-traumatic psychological alterations.
• Highlights the long-term, potentially incurable nature of personality changes after trauma.
• Contributes to the psychopathological understanding of personality development and disruption.