Abstract
Phenomenological psychopathology is a core discipline of psychiatry and clinical psychology, as it is the science that delimits the object to which all clinical practice is directed. The purpose of this book is to offer a comprehensive psychopathological overview of substance misuse, from a phenomenological perspective. The work is divided into three parts.
In the first part (Chap. 2), a philosophical interpretation of human existence is offered. This part is recommended for readers who appreciate philosophical reflections and disputes over concepts. The second part (Chaps. 3 and 4) examines the topic of substance misuse as a part of general psychopathology, whose fundamental interest lies in the meaning of existential vulnerability and comorbidities with the use and misuse of psychoactive substances. It will be of most interest to those who are keen to acquire a broad and general view of the whole edifice of phenomenological psychopathology. The third part (Chaps. 5, 6, 7, and 8) focuses specifically on the psychopathology of substance misuse, observing the ways in which the modifications of consciousness produced by psychotropic drugs distort existence.
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Although the whole of existence as an object of study in phenomenological psychopathology is also known as “lived world”, I gave, in this book, preference for this more somewhat philosophical concept of structure of existence due to its more overarching meaning, since it comprehends not only the self, but also the other, and the world, as we will see throughout the book. On the other hand, “lived world” unjustifiably highlights only the worldly aspect of existing. In addition, I tend to agree with Charbonneau that it is not easy to determine what lived world means, because it has to do with the “indeterminate background” (Charbonneau 2010, tome 1, p. 69, note 12) in which the mysteries of human existence occur.
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It is worth noting that although the psychopathological positions expressed here always employ this two-step approach, the first part is sometimes not included and the phenomenological comprehension is proposed without any accompanying subjective account. This is done simply because of space limitations.
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Messas, G. (2021). Introduction. In: The Existential Structure of Substance Misuse. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62724-9_1
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