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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Modern science often dismisses the relevance of faith in psychiatric practice.
  • An experience-near approach is proposed, incorporating human values like faith.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To question the scientific disavowal of faith in psychiatry.
  • To highlight an inclusive approach to psychiatric practice.
  • To explore the role of faith in lived experience and its relevance to psychiatry.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing philosophical work (Jaspers) and developmental psychology (Stern).
  • Developing a model of lived experience emphasizing 'faith' over 'known facts'.
  • Challenging the fact-value separation in scientific thought from a 'lived reality' perspective.

Main Results:

  • Lived experience is fundamentally infused with faith.
  • Identified three senses of faith: faith-in-oneself, faith-in-the-other, and transcendent faith.
  • Each form of faith is demonstrated as relevant to psychiatric practice.

Conclusions:

  • Integrating faith into psychiatric thinking is crucial for practice.
  • Failure to acknowledge faith can alienate psychiatry from everyday human experience.
  • An experience-near approach enriches psychiatric understanding and application.