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Historical Epistemology: a Research Approach in Psychiatry
Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science ( IF 1.156 ) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 , DOI: 10.1007/s12124-020-09589-2
Ivana S Marková 1
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Drawing on a key issue raised in the paper by Scardigno and Mininni (2021), this commentary explores the question of historical research in psychiatry. Firstly, the importance of historical research is highlighted for both psychiatry as a medical discipline, and for descriptive psychopathology, the language of psychiatry. Of significance has been the construction of psychiatry as a hybrid discipline formed through the deep participation of both the natural and the social sciences. This in turn brings to light the fundamental difference in epistemological basis to psychiatry and medicine, with ensuing consequences for our understanding of mental disorders and for the development of further research methodology. Likewise conceptually hybrid, the special role carried by mental symptoms in psychiatry places them, as concepts, in the position of crucial research tools. Secondly, given some of the complexities raised in carrying out historical research in this area, the issue of how this should be approached is examined. The method proposed here is that of historical epistemology. This is an approach that focuses on concepts, on mapping their biographies in order to clarify their structures, their roles, their discontinuities, their relationships and interactions with other concepts and so on. Given the central role of concepts in psychiatry and descriptive psychopathology, this approach to their study is most likely to provide valid and meaningful results.



中文翻译:

历史认识论:精神病学的研究方法

这篇评论基于Scardigno和Mininni(2021)在论文中提出的一个关键问题,探讨了精神病学的历史研究问题。首先,历史研究的重要性对于精神病学作为一门医学学科以及描述性精神病理学(即精神病学的语言)都被强调。具有重要意义的是将精神病学构建为通过自然科学和社会科学的深度参与而形成的混合学科。这反过来揭示了认识论基础与精神病学和医学的根本差异,从而对我们对精神障碍的理解和进一步研究方法的发展产生了后果。同样是概念上的混合,精神症状在精神病学中的特殊作用将它们作为概念,处于关键研究工具的位置。其次,鉴于在这一领域进行历史研究提出了一些复杂性,因此研究了如何处理这一问题。这里提出的方法是历史认识论的方法。这是一种侧重于概念的方法,即在绘制其传记以阐明其结构,其作用,其间断性,与其他概念的关系以及相互影响等方面。考虑到概念在精神病学和描述性精神病理学中的核心作用,这种研究方法最有可能提供有效和有意义的结果。这里提出的方法是历史认识论的方法。这是一种侧重于概念的方法,即在绘制其传记以阐明其结构,其作用,其间断性,与其他概念的关系以及相互影响等方面。考虑到概念在精神病学和描述性精神病理学中的核心作用,这种研究方法最有可能提供有效和有意义的结果。这里提出的方法是历史认识论的方法。这是一种侧重于概念的方法,即在绘制其传记以阐明其结构,其作用,其间断性,与其他概念的关系以及相互影响等方面。考虑到概念在精神病学和描述性精神病理学中的核心作用,这种研究方法最有可能提供有效和有意义的结果。

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