being-in-the-world in psychopathology
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Being-in-the-world in psychopathology is a phenomenological concept developed by Ludwig Binswanger to understand mental disorders in terms of a person’s lived, existential relationship with their world rather than as merely biological or psychological dysfunctions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concept in psychopathology
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phenomenological concept ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify the patient’s experience of space and time
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clarify the patient’s mode of being with others ⓘ clarify the patient’s sense of self and identity ⓘ understand how a patient’s world is structured in illness ⓘ |
| appliedIn |
existential analysis of neuroses
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phenomenological case studies of depression ⓘ phenomenological case studies of schizophrenia ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ludwig Binswanger’s clinical writings
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existential-phenomenological approaches to therapy ⓘ |
| basedOn | Heidegger’s notion of being-in-the-world ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
purely biological models of mental disorder
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purely psychological or intrapsychic models of mental disorder ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
emphasizes the unity of person and world rather than an isolated subject
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focuses on the existential structure of a patient’s experience ⓘ interprets symptoms as expressions of a global mode of existence ⓘ mental disorders are understood in terms of a person’s lived relationship with their world ⓘ views psychopathology as a modification of being-in-the-world ⓘ |
| critiques |
reduction of mental illness to brain dysfunction alone
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reduction of mental illness to intrapsychic mechanisms alone ⓘ |
| developedBy | Ludwig Binswanger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
contextual and relational aspects of mental illness
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existential meaning of symptoms ⓘ lived experience of the patient ⓘ |
| field |
existential phenomenology
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phenomenological psychiatry ⓘ psychopathology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
how the world appears to the patient
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the patient’s possibilities and projects ⓘ the patient’s practical engagement with their environment ⓘ the patient’s relationships with others ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
20th-century European psychiatry
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development of Daseinsanalysis in the mid-20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edmund Husserl
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Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| methodologicalRole |
framework for phenomenological interviews
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guide for existential-phenomenological case formulation ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Daseinsanalysis
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existential analysis ⓘ phenomenological psychopathology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports | holistic understanding of the person in context ⓘ |
| usedFor |
interpretation of anxiety as a modification of existential possibilities
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interpretation of delusions as transformations of world-relation ⓘ interpretation of mood as a way the world is disclosed ⓘ |
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