This article reflects on the place of Phenomenological Psychopathology (PP) in the contemporary clinical landscape. Inspired by Merleau-Ponty’s notion of ambiguity, it argues that PP does not belong to a single domain, but emerges through the interweaving of philosophy, psychology, and psychiatry. This “in-between” is understood as a critical, ethical, and clinical potential, supporting a...
The book Psychiatrie als Beziehungsmedizin – Ein ökologisches Paradigma (Fuchs, 2023) is an essential work in the field of phenomenological psychiatry. Thomas Fuchs manages, in a clear and pedagogical way, to offer the reader an argumentative path that weaves together different domains (philosophy of mind, biology, psychology and psychiatry) and multiple theories (systemic theory, autopoiesis,...