Language matters, and it seems that there isn't a day in which psychiatrists do not concern themselves with issues of how they and others use language. They strive for ever-better ways of phrasing things—both globally, for example, in diagnostic manuals, and locally, in conversations with their patients. I want to offer the comments of a linguist interested in discourses of psychiatry. My comments are focused on three parts. First, on the nature of the message; second, on who communicates it; and finally, on how to make sense of that message.

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语言与精神病学

语言很重要，而且似乎没有一天精神科医生不会担心自己和他人使用语言的方式。他们努力寻求更好的措辞措辞方式，例如在全球范围内，例如在诊断手册中，以及在本地与患者交谈时。我想提供一个对精神病学研究感兴趣的语言学家的评论。我的评论集中在三个部分。首先，关于信息的性质；第二，由谁来传达；最后，关于如何理解该信息。