Beyond Standard Diagnoses: Biosemiotics, Symbol Theory, and the Subjective Lifeworld in Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychotherapy
Swiss Archives of Neurology Psychiatry and Psychotherapy June 18, 2026 Jürgen Kriz
Standard diagnostic categories (International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)) were developed as a pragmatic compromise between competing theoretical schools in psychiatry and psychotherapy. Focused on recognizable patterns of symptoms, they produce reliable descriptions and facilitate clinical communication, research, and...