What are hallucinations, depressive episodes, or panic attacks?

We know what they are, of course - psychiatric symptoms. The problem is that we don’t know what they are - ontologically.

Which is to say: are they the manifestations of a compromised neurobiological mechanism? Or perhaps phenomena carrying a meaning to be deciphered? Adaptive strategies, defense mechanisms?

The ninth episode is a philosophical inquiry into the nature of psychiatric symptoms and the power of the conceptual lenses we wear to understand them.

References

Eagle, M. N. (2011). From classical to contemporary psychoanalysis: A critique and integration. Routledge.

Ritunnano, R., Humpston, C., & Broome, M. R. (2022). Finding order within the disorder: A case study exploring the meaningfulness of delusions. BJPsych Bulletin, 46(2), 109–115. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2020.151

Russell, J. (2024). How delusions can uncover sources of harm and pathology: The epistemic value of interoceptive & unconscious information. Philosophy and the Mind Sciences, 5. https://doi.org/10.33735/phimisci.2024.11490

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This project exists in Italian as well: In Front of the Mirror - Il podcast in Italiano

The question of all questions: What do we mean when we say that therapy brings about change?

Then, if there are different types of therapy, are there also different kinds of change?

And furthermore, when it comes to the person - "who" is changing? And, where should we start if we want to build the sense a person has of being themselves?

References:

Kellog S., Torres A. (2021) Chairwork invites you to shift perspective on who you are. Aeon

Kiverstein J, Rietveld E, Denys D. (2021) World Wide Open. Aeon

Rossi Monti M. (2016) Manuale di psichiatria per psicologi. Carocci Editore.

Rosfort, R., & Stanghellini, G. (2015). The Patient as an Autonomous Person: Hermeneutical Phenomenology as a Resource for an Ethics for Psychiatrists . In J. Z. Sadler, W. van Staden, & KWM. Fulford (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Psychiatric Ethics (Vol. 1, pp. 319-335). Oxford https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198732365.013.26

Every other Monday, at 12pm.

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This project exists in Italian as well: ⁠⁠In Front of the Mirror - Il Podcast in Italiano⁠

When do we become who we are? What makes me the person I am, and not someone else?

How far back should we go, to find that out?

And what does it mean to embrace our destiny, to own our story?

Today we are thrilled to discuss these topics with Susi Ferrarello, philosopher, Professor at California State University, East Bay, and philosophical counsellor.

Susi's book: Ferrarello, S. (2024). The Phenomenology of Pregnancy and Early Motherhood: Ethical, Social, and Psychological Perspectives (1st ed.). Routledge.Other references:

Ammaniti, M., & Gallese, V. (2014). The birth of intersubjectivity: Psychodynamics, neurobiology, and the self. W. W. Norton & Company.Beebe, B., & Steele, M. (2013). How does microanalysis of mother–infant communication inform maternal sensitivity and infant attachment? Attachment & Human Development, 15(5–6), 583–602. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2013.841050

Hillman, J. (1996)The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling.