Psykosens hjemløshet—Del 1

Abstract

Binder, P.-E. (2004): The homelessness of psychosis: Part 1: A place for psychodynamic phenomenology in the age of the brain. Nordisk Psykologi, 56, 3, 218–232. Psychotic states may be interpreted and understood from both the perspectives of neurophysiology and neuropsychology at the one side, and psychodynamic phenomenology at the other. Neurological and genetic findings point toward possible organic abnormalities in schizophrenia. At the other side, relational events seem to have an impact on both aetiology, present functioning and prognosis. The use of the brain within a relational and emotional context will have a significant impact on both normal and abnormal development. From the perspective of Heidegger's phenomenology, Winnicott's object relations theory, and relational and intersubjective psychoanalysis, psychotic states are examined and discussed as attempts of meaning making in emotionally overwhelming relational contexts. It is concluded that psychotic symptom formation may be seen both as a f...