Starting with Jaspers in 1910, subjective psychotic experiences of people with schizophrenia became an important area in treatment and rehabilitation of people with schizophrenia. Nevertheless, this area of study is overshadowed by the statistically and diagnostically oriented DSM movement. In this article, the writer tries to re-visit various approaches in understanding subjective psychotic experiences of people with schizophrenia. It seems that subjective psychotic experiences represent persons' inner feelings; their spontaneous struggle in their process of treatment and rehabilitation. All these experiences are meaningful for the persons with psychiatric disabilities. In this paper, the writer tries to show that empathetic understanding of subjective experience can help individuals to re-establish a meaningful relationship with people with schizophrenia and motivate them to become involved in their own rehabilitation process.
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Malawi Med J
January 2025
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Ringgold standard institution - Department of Mental Health, Nnewi Campus, Nnewi, Anambra, Nigeria.
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Method: Three hundred and ten adult outpatients (18-64 years of age) were cross-sectionally interviewed after being diagnosed of schizophrenia using ICD-10 criteria, and the diagnosis confirmed with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI).
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West China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
The current DSM-oriented diagnostic paradigm has introduced the issue of heterogeneity, as it fails to account for the identification of the neurological processes underlying mental illnesses, which affects the precision of treatment. The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework serves as a recognized approach to addressing this heterogeneity, and several assessment and translation techniques have been proposed. Among these methods, transforming RDoC scores from electronic medical records (EMR) using Natural Language Processing (NLP) has emerged as a suitable technique, demonstrating clinical effectiveness.
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Objective: Early intervention in psychosis is associated with favourable outcomes. We investigated whether loved ones' illness duration moderated caregiver outcomes following a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-informed Family Intervention for psychosis (FIp).
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Dev Neurobiol
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, Dept. of Psychiatry, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
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