Abstract
Psychosis is a core psychopathological concept with clinical, legal and ethical implications. DSM IV and ICD 10 define psychosis through the presence of certain symptoms, but fail to provide a description and analysis of the meaning of the concept. It is concluded that psychosis is a so-called primitive term, i.e. a term referring to a way of being of a-person-in-context that cannot be reduced to simpler elements and which, therefore, defies operationalization, but does not preclude acquisition of adequate clinical (inter-rater) reliability.
Bidragets oversatte titel | [The concept of psychosis] |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Tidsskrift | Ugeskrift for læger |
Vol/bind | 170 |
Udgave nummer | 46 |
Sider (fra-til) | 3743-6 |
Antal sider | 4 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Status | Udgivet - 10 nov. 2008 |