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Predodžba i patologija u filozofiji i psihoterapiji
Representation and Pathology in Philosophy and Psychotherapy

Author(s): Aleksandar Fatić
Subject(s): Philosophy, Neuropsychology, Clinical psychology, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Hrvatsko Filozofsko Društvo
Keywords: integrative psychotherapy; mental disorder; Lacanian psychoanalysis; philosophical practice;

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the conceptualisation of mental disorder as a representation, rather than an illness, and relates this perspective to the modern understanding of mental health as a healthy “narrative” or life story. The author proceeds to briefly consider the evolution of concepts of illness in psychiatry and a gradual reappearance of Lacanian psychoanalysis and psychiatry. The key concepts of Lacanian psychotherapy pave the way to a growing together of standard psychotherapy and modern philosophical practice within the novel concept of integrative psychotherapy.

  • Issue Year: 39/2019
  • Issue No: 01/153
  • Page Range: 33-47
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Croatian