Abstract
The psychiatric interview is a key diagnostic instrument for psychiatrists given that laboratory exams do not provide evidence for psychopathologic processes. Psychiatry derives its practice from clinical observations that take place in face-to-face encounters between patient and doctor where thought, language, and communication disorders are closely investigated. Understanding, and describing, such disorders assigns a prominent role to language studies, where linguists can contribute to more adequate descriptions for language and cognitive disorders. Research on topic, frame, and narrative analysis provides interesting frameworks for the development of studies in the social construction of identity and discourse coherence in psychiatry.
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