Disturbances of embodiment as core phenomena of depression in clinical practice
This paper proposes a phenomenological approach to the diagnosis of depression, with the aim of overcoming the broadness and nonspecificity of the concept of major depressive disorder (MDD) in current systems of diagnostic classification of mental disorders. Firstly, we outline the methodological li...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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Psychopathology
Year: 2017, Volume: 50, Issue: 4, Pages: 273-281 |
| ISSN: | 1423-033X |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000477775 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000477775 Verlag, Volltext: https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/477775 
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| Author Notes: | Otto Doerr-Zegers, Leonor Irarrázaval, Adrian Mundt, Virginie Palette |
| Summary: | This paper proposes a phenomenological approach to the diagnosis of depression, with the aim of overcoming the broadness and nonspecificity of the concept of major depressive disorder (MDD) in current systems of diagnostic classification of mental disorders. Firstly, we outline the methodological limitations of the current classification systems for the diagnosis of MDD. Secondly, we offer a conceptual differentiation between a “symptomatological” versus a “phenomenological” diagnosis of depression. Thirdly, we propose characteristic “disturbances of embodiment” as the fundamental phenomena of “core depression”, which manifest themselves in 3 dimensions: embodied self, embodied intentionality, and embodied time. A more useful diagnosis of depression may be achieved by describing the phenomena that constitute a core depression, in order to avoid the overdiagnosis of MDD and its negative consequences in clinical practice. |
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| Item Description: | Published online: August 9, 2017 Gesehen am 07.06.2018 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1423-033X |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000477775 |