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Background:
Psychiatry is currently challenged by two main issues, subjectivity and non-exclusivity.
AIM: The re-appraisal of phenomenological psychiatry.
METHOD: Personal reflection.
RESULTS: Phenomenology may contribute to psychiatry by 1. offering a method, 2. focusing on descriptive observation, and 3. taking a neutral stance.
CONCLUSION: By emphasizing the subjective experience, phenomenology offers psychiatry an opportunity to become proficient and to distinguish itself from other disciplines through the continued development of insight and understanding of mental disorders.
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