Abstract The “Praecox Feeling”(PF) is a classical concept referring to a characteristic feeling
of bizarreness experienced by a psychiatrist while encountering a person with …

This book contributes to one of the most challenging areas of mental health: substance
misuse. Its focus is on the psychopathological experiences associated with it: both the …

Background: The psychopathological notion of the Praecox Feeling (PF) refers to an
experience of strangeness and bizarreness that arises in a clinician during contact with a …

Background: Subjective experience is central to the nature of mental illness, yet it has not
played a central role in most empirical approaches to psychopathology. While …

Abstract The Praecox Feeling (PF) is a specific experience that arises in a psychiatrist in the
encounter with a person with schizophrenia. It is classically described as an atmospheric …

Abnormal space experience (ASE) is a common feature of schizophrenia, despite its
absence from current diagnostic manuals. Phenomenological psychopathologists have …

The classification of mental illness—enshrined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders—has historically followed a categorial model of disorder. However, in light …

This paper argues that intuition plays a role in the diagnosis of schizophrenia and presents
its phenomenological rationale. A discussion of self-assessment questionnaires and …

Introduction: Alcohol misuse emerges from a complex range of psychopathological
experiences and personal and cultural values. For this reason, understanding the reasons …

Phenomenological psychopathology is an elaborated form of empirical science that aims to
provide the basis for pragmatic therapeutic objectives, without failing to consider intimate …