Psychotic Disorders - History
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[The history and phenomenology of the concept of psychosis. A perspective of the Heidelberg school (1913-2008)]

29 Apr 2009 The accomplishments of Heidelberg psychopathology and their continued development are illustrated using the example of the concept of psychosis. Jaspers founded the Heidelberg school by methodologically collating the psychiatric knowledge of his ... Read more...

[Hölderlin--or the question of the meaning of psychosis]

10 Mar 2009 Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) is one of the most important German poets. Actual research into his life and work has shown new aspects in his thinking concerning questions about subjectivity, sense of life and psychosis. We follow these lines using ... Read more...

On understanding projective identification in the treatment of psychotic states of mind: the publishing cohort of H. Rosenfeld, H. Segal and W. Bion (1946-1957).

30 Jan 2009 A publishing cohort of Kleinian analysts - Rosenfeld, Segal and Bion - implemented Klein's (1946) notions of projective identification and the 'paranoid ' and 'schizoid ' positions in the understanding of a group of psychotic disorders. The author ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychotic Disorders - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Classification of psychoses. History, present and future] 2 May 2009
• [The history and phenomenology of the concept of psychosis. A perspective of the Heidelberg school (1913-2008)] 29 Apr 2009
• Menstrual psychosis with onset after childbirth. 30 Mar 2009
• Monthly psychosis starting before the menarche. 25 Mar 2009
• [Hölderlin--or the question of the meaning of psychosis] 10 Mar 2009
• On understanding projective identification in the treatment of psychotic states of mind: the publishing cohort of H. Rosenfeld, H. Segal and W. Bion (1946-1957). 30 Jan 2009
• The consolidation of neuroleptic therapy: Janssen, the discovery of haloperidol and its introduction into clinical practice. 28 Jan 2009
• Contracting schizophrenia: lessons from the influenza epidemic of 1918-1919. 19 Jan 2009
• Insanity in Babylonian sources. 30 Dec 2008
• [The discourse of psychosis in contemporary philosophy] 30 Dec 2008
• [Methods in madness?] 8 Nov 2008
• Psychopathology in twins: ancient case study. 30 Oct 2008
• The incidence and prevalence of diabetes in patients with serious mental illness in North West Wales: two cohorts, 1875-1924 & 1994-2006 compared. 5 Aug 2008
• The work of Emil Kraepelin and his research group in München. 30 May 2008
• The history of artistic creativity in psychotic patients. 30 May 2008
• Karl Bonhoeffer (1868-1948). 29 Apr 2008
• Craddock & Owen vs Kraepelin: 85 years late, mesmerised by "polygenes". 20 Apr 2008
• Psychoses of epilepsy in Babylon: the oldest account of the disorder. 19 Apr 2008
• The concept of psychosis: historical and phenomenological aspects. 2008
• "Calm, but still alert": Marketing Stelazine to disturbed America, 1958-1980. 30 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Psychotic Disorders'

Definition: Disorders in which there is a loss of ego boundaries or a gross impairment in reality testing with delusions or prominent hallucinations. (From DSM-IV, 1994)

Descriptor UI: D011618

Alternative terms: Psychotic Disorders; Disorder, Psychotic; Disorders, Psychotic; Psychotic Disorder; Psychoses; Schizoaffective Disorder; Disorder, Schizoaffective; Disorders, Schizoaffective; Schizoaffective Disorders; Schizophreniform Disorders; Disorder, Schizophreniform; Disorders, Schizophreniform; Schizophreniform Disorder; Psychosis, Brief Reactive; Brief Reactive Psychoses; Brief Reactive Psychosis; Psychoses, Brief Reactive; Reactive Psychoses, Brief; Reactive Psychosis, Brief;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.700.675;

Online Note: use PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS to search PSYCHOSES 1966-80

History Note: 81; was PSYCHOSES 1963-80

Technical Notes: puerperal psychoses = PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS (IM) + PUERPERAL DISORDERS (IM); psychoses or psychotic disord in children = CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE