title: [The depressive self, neurobiology and destiny: considerations regarding the theatre work "4.48 psychosis" by Sarah Kane].
abstract: Depression contains a time-related philosophical background which can be characterized by the "impact of the past into the present" (M. Theunissen), an influence, which determines a psychic reality in melancholia and despontaneouses the presence. Thus depressive patients are trapped in a position of acknowledgement of the past. The neurobiological basis of this is explored using electrophysiological methods. A representation of the subjective position in depression is performed within the theatre work "4.48 Psychosis" by Sarah Kane.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Klinische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, 30623 Hannover. emrich.hinderk@mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: Hinderk M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Emrich
authors.forename: Detlef E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D004324:Drama; D004532:Ego; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D005086:Existentialism / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008093:Literature, Modern; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D010553:Personality Development