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Schizophrenia Bulletin 2007 33(1):105-107; doi:10.1093/schbul/sbl059
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Editor's Introduction: Theme Issue on Phenomenology and Psychiatry for the 21st Century. Taking Phenomenology Seriously

Gareth Owen1,2,3 and Robert Harland2,3
2 Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
3 The Maudsley Hospital, London, UK

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This edition of the Schizophrenia Bulletin brings together 7 papers first presented at the conference "Phenomenology and Psychiatry for the 21st century" held at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, in September 2005. The conference initially aimed to redress an imbalance in training (both clinical and research) yet ended up attracting speakers and participants from 5 continents and capturing a wider mood in the profession.

Why is phenomenology regaining prominence at this time? Should these developments be taken seriously?


   Phenomenology's Relation to Psychiatry
 
It is well know that phenomenology is a philosophical activity that examines the structure of experience itself. Various accounts of this activity are outlined in this theme. What is less well known is the direct contact phenomenology had with the young field of scientific psychiatry; the way phenomenological ideas influenced . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Moving Beyond Jaspers
 

   What a Load of Metaphysical Nonsense
 

   Phenomenology in Schizophrenia Bulletin
 
1 To whom correspondence should be addressed; tel: 44-19-1334-3240, fax: 44-19-1334-3241; e-mail: G.Owen@iop.kcl.ac.uk.


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