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The field of psychiatry has long struggled with developing models of practice; most underemphasize the interpersonal aspects of clinical practice. This essay is unique in putting intersubjectivity front and center. It is an attempt to provide a clinical method to re-establish the fragile dialogue of the soul with oneself and with others. Throughout, the book builds on the assumption that to be human means to be in dialogue. It uses dialogue as a unitary concept to address three essential issues for clinical practice: 'What is a human being?', 'What is mental pathology'?, and 'What is care?'. To be human - it is argued - means to be in dialogue with oneself and with other persons. Thus, mental pathology is the interruption of this dialogue - both of the person with the alterity that inhabits them, and with the alterity incarnated in other persons. Therefore, therapy is a dialogue with a method whose aim is to re-enact one's interrupted dialogue with alterity. Lost in Dialogue provides a method to approximate the Other, to understand its experiences, actions, and in general, understand the world in which it lives.
This work investigates the core question of how the concept of dialogue can serve as a foundational framework for understanding human existence, mental pathology, and clinical care. Giovanni Stanghellini, a prominent figure in the field of phenomenological psychiatry, draws upon anthropological and philosophical traditions to argue that human identity is inherently dialogical. He posits that mental illness represents a rupture in this dialogue, necessitating a therapeutic approach that prioritizes the restoration of communication with the self and the other.
What You Will Find
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Experts in phenomenological psychiatry recognize this text as a significant contribution to the shift toward humanistic and relational models of care. Readers frequently note the philosophical density of the prose, which requires a strong background in existential or phenomenological thought to fully grasp.
Page Count:
224
Publication Date:
2016-01-01
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
ISBN-10:
0192512153
ISBN-13:
9780192512154
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