Psilogos Vol.02 Nº1 (Jul 2005)
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- Eugene Bleuler (1857-1940) a man of our timePublication . Weller, M“Disturbances of perception, orientation, and memory, in the sense that they were previously defined, never belong to schizophrenia: whereas they prove the existence of some other psychoses, they do not exclude the possibility of schizophrenia. On the other hand, definite schizophrenia disturbances of association alone are sufficient for the diagnosis”. (p.298) “Of the thousands of associative threads which guide our thinking, this disease seems to interrupt, quite haphazardly, sometimes such single threads, sometimes a whole group, and sometimes even large segments of them. In this way, thinking becomes illogical and often bizarre”.(p.14) These quotations harmonise with our current concepts of a failure of integration of diverse brain regions in this psychiatric disorder. Bleuler tended to see and to treat the more chronic ‘process’ cases. Blueler’s genius was to foreshadow recent brain function findings in this group and to anticipate our modern concepts of neural connectivity, with a prescient analysis of the core features of the disease he named. The parallels in Bleuler’s writings with modern neurological concepts will be explored.
- Silvano Arieti: remembering his messagePublication . Silver, ALThis paper reviews the contributions of Silvano Arieti to the psychodynamic treatment of schizophrenia and places them in the context of the current era and its intellectual tensions regarding this disorder and its treatment. The author includes personal anecdotes to illustrate her thesis that psychodynamic approaches remain vitally important and are tragically underutilized currently . The International Society for the Psychological treatments of the Schizophrenias and other psychoses, ISPS, aims at redressing this problem
- The course of schizophrenia: E. Kraepelins view and current studiesPublication . Muller, N; Moller, HJKraepelins concept of dementia praecox and Bleulers concept of the group of schizophrenias differ mainly under the aspect of course of the disorder. Follow-up studies play an important role for research regarding course, outcome and prognosis of psychiatric disorders, especially in terms of validation of psychiatric diagnoses and other psychiatric concepts, such as the concept of schizophrenic negative symptoms. Long-term studies also have their place in the description and evaluation of first procedures. This paper will describe some general aspects of the long-term course and outcome of schizophrenic psychoses. The problem of relapses and relapse prevention will than be discussed. Especially data from recent studies will be considered in this overview.