Psychiatric classification and subjective experience

Cooper, Rachel (2012) Psychiatric classification and subjective experience. Emotion Review, 4 (2). pp. 197-202. ISSN 1754-0747

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Abstract

This article does not directly consider the feelings and emotions that occur in mental illness. Rather, it concerns a higher level methodological question: To what extent is an analysis of feelings and felt emotions of importance for psychiatric classification? Some claim that producing a phenomenologically informed descriptive psychopathology is a prerequisite for serious taxonomic endeavor. Others think that classifications of mental disorders may ignore subjective experience. A middle view holds that classification should at least map the contours of the phenomenology of mental illness. This article examines these options. I conclude that it is not true that phenomenology is a logical prerequisite for classification, nor even that classification should necessarily respect phenomenological boundaries, but that detailed phenomenological examination can sometimes inform classification.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Emotion Review
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The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Emotion Review, 4 (2), 2012, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2012 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Emotion Review page: http://emr.sagepub.com/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? classificationdiagnostic and statistical manual of mental disordersinternational classification of diseasesphenomenologysubjective experiencesocial psychologyexperimental and cognitive psychology ??
ID Code:
50902
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Deposited On:
08 Nov 2011 15:13
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