Revista Psicopatologia Fenomenológica Contemporânea
August 8, 2026
This article investigates the conditions of possibility for the Praecox-Gefühl (PF), the feeling of atmospheric strangeness experienced in the encounter with the schizophrenic patient, as described by Rümke. It aims to offer a phenomenological description of this experience of empathic incomprehensibility, taking as its basis the philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, especially his work...
Revista Psicopatologia Fenomenológica Contemporânea
June 5, 2026
Guilherme Messas, Francesca Brencio
The general aim of this contribution is to discuss a dilemma which lies in the conception and exercise of psychiatry. This dilemma lies in the recognition that, on one hand the reified model for describing and understanding mental health is not sufficient for overcoming a Kraepelinian paradigm still influent in psychiatry; on the other hand, that despite this recognition we are still stuck with...
Revista Psicopatologia Fenomenológica Contemporânea
October 17, 2018
Elizabeth Pienkos, Louis Arnorsson Sass
5 citations
This paper reviews various perspectives regarding the relationship between language and experience, including the challenges of using verbal descriptions to access subjective experience in psychiatric interviews (in both clinical and research settings). Schizophrenia is a specific case in which the experience of language may be altered, posing unique challenges in the context of the interview....
Revista Psicopatologia Fenomenológica Contemporânea
October 17, 2018
Luís Madeira, Teresa Prior Filipe, Tânia B Cavaco et al.
2 citations
Contemporary psychiatric nosology has evolved with a primary goal of reducing the presence and influence of subjectivity by valuing objective symptoms and explanations (e.g. neurobiological models of psychopathology). However, improvements in the reliability and validity of these endeavours have fallen short of expectations, and it has been argued that one reason for these failures is the very...
Revista Psicopatologia Fenomenológica Contemporânea
October 17, 2017
John Cutting
Este artigo pretende demonstrar que aquilo que é conhecido como percepção delirante na esquizofrenia é uma experiência que os artistas geniais experimentaram e expressaram em seu trabalho. A conclusão do autor é a de que tanto a esquizofrenia quanto a genialidade artística são estados espirituais nos quais a essência de algo é percebida em sua forma mais paradigmática.