Time and Body - Phenomenological and Psychopathological Approaches

This book advances the development of phenomenological psychopathology and demonstrates its applicability to a spectrum of mental disorders.

List of contents

Part I. Body and Time; Part II. Grief and Anxiety; Part III. Borderline Personality and Eating Disorders; Part IV. Depression, Schizophrenia and Dementia.

About the author

Christian Tewes is Adjunct Professor (Privatdozent) of Philosophy at the University of Jena, Germany. His research interests comprise embodiment theories, phenomenology, philosophy of mind and anthropology.Giovanni Stanghellini is a psychiatrist, Chair of the School of Phenomenological-dynamic Psychotherapy, and Professor of Dynamic Psychology at 'G. d'Annunzio' University, Italy.

Summary

This book guides advanced undergraduates, researchers and practitioners through current debates at the interface of psychology, phenomenology, and psychiatry. It demonstrates how psychopathology benefits from phenomenological and embodied approaches, and how they combine to apply to a range of mental disorders.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Stanghellini Tewes
• Assisted by: Giovanni Stanghellini (Editor), Stanghellini Giovanni (Editor), Christian Tewes (Editor), Tewes Christian (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781108489355
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48935-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Health psychology