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Psychosis is often thought of as an intrapersonal disorder. Increasingly, however, research points to psychosis as a marker for psychosocial problems that can only be understood within the social, cultural and political contexts in which they arise. In this special issue, we consider from various perspectives ways in which a psychoanalytic lens can illuminate our ideas about psychosis.
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Charles, M. Introduction to special issue on psychosis. Psychoanal Cult Soc 17, 337–338 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1057/pcs.2012.32
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