Fundamental concepts of phenomenology and descriptive psychopathology

For a better understanding of what psychiatry is all about, the importance and stronghold of phenomenology and descriptive psychopathology in psychiatry has never been overstated. Biological psychiatry has accumulated enough evidences of mental illnesses until now but that does not mean that phenome...

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Main Author: Debajit Gogoi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy Publisher 2017-01-01
Series:Open Journal of Psychiatry and Allied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31550107&vnr=512043
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Summary:For a better understanding of what psychiatry is all about, the importance and stronghold of phenomenology and descriptive psychopathology in psychiatry has never been overstated. Biological psychiatry has accumulated enough evidences of mental illnesses until now but that does not mean that phenomenology and psychopathology would lose its shine. Rather psychopathology and phenomenology will afoot stronger as it is the philosophy of psychiatry.
ISSN:2394-2053
2394-2061