The lancet. Psychiatry
February 1, 2026
Rosa Ritunnano, Jeannette Littlemore, Barnaby Nelson et al.
8 citations
Delusions in psychosis involve complex and dynamic experiential, affective, cognitive, behavioural, and interpersonal alterations. Their pattern of emergence during the early stages of illness remains poorly understood and the origin of their thematic content unclear. Phenomenological accounts have emphasised alterations of selfhood and reality experience in delusion formation but have not...
Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive science
2026
Florestan Delcourt, Henry R Cowan, Jordan Sibéoni et al.
The self and its disorders in schizophrenia have been studied extensively over recent decades. Much of this literature is grounded in a bipartite understanding of the self, distinguishing the pre-reflective, minimal self from the reflective, narrative self. However, few studies have systematically examined the links between disturbances at these two levels of self. This integrative review...
Frontiers in Psychology
2024
Anya Daly, Rosa Ritunnano, Shaun Gallagher et al.
17 citations
Mental disorders are increasingly understood as involving complex alterations of self that emerge from dynamical interactions of constituent elements, including cognitive, bodily, affective, social, narrative, cultural and normative aspects and processes. An account of self that supports this view is the pattern theory of self (PTS). The PTS is a non-reductive account of the self, consistent...
Frontiers in Psychology
August 25, 2023
Elizabeth Pienkos, Jérôme Englebert, Jasper Feyaerts et al.
11 citations
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
January 16, 2023
Rosa Ritunnano, D Papola, Matthew R Broome et al.
32 citations
This editorial reflects on current methodological trends in translational research in mental health. It aims to build a bridge between two fields that are frequently siloed off from each other: interventional research and phenomenologically informed research. Recent years have witnessed a revival of phenomenological approaches in mental health, often - but not only - as a means of connecting...
Lancet Psychiatry
May 1, 2022
Rosa Ritunnano, Joshua J. Kleinman, Danniella Whyte Oshodi et al.
BACKGROUND Delusions are a common transdiagnostic feature of psychotic disorders, and their treatment remains suboptimal. Despite the pressing need to better understand the nature, meaning, and course of these symptoms, research into the lived experience of delusional phenomena in psychosis is scarce. Thus, we aimed to explore the lived experience and subjective apprehension of delusions in...
Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology
January 31, 2022
Rosa Ritunnano
ABSTRACT The significance of critical phenomenology for psychiatric praxis has yet to be expounded. In this paper, I argue that the adoption of a critical phenomenological stance can remedy localised instances of hermeneutical injustice, which may arise in the encounter between clinicians and patients with psychosis. In this context, what is communicated is often deemed to lack meaning or to be...