title: [Introduction to a structural psychopathology].
abstract: Structural psychopathology maintains that the psychiatrist finds himself in a situation similar to that of the literary critic. The objects of their critical analysis are marked by a high degree of linguistic complexity, reflecting social as well as personal interrelationships. The structural method which developed in the course of this century is thus applicable to psychopathological relationships, if careful attention is paid to their unigueness. The structural method is illustrated by a schizopasic text. Those typical stylistic and rhetorical structures which lead to the impression of schizophasia are isolated. The structural method can also be used to examine the pathogenesis of an illness or to extrapolate information from medical histories. Finally, through the analysis of the book "Mary Barnes, two accounts of a journey through madness" it can be shown how the structural method can illuminate critical problems of a literary science which are disguised as psychiatric ones.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D011599:Psychopathology / Q000379:methods*; D012564:Schizophrenic Language; D012660:Semantics
vernacular_title: Einführung in eine strukturale Psychopathologie.