title: [Consciousness in psychiatry].
abstract: This article takes a look at the different meanings given to the notion of consciousness and shows how abandoning psychopathological controversies in view of an alleged a-theoricism can only lead to shallowness in the understanding of psychiatric pathology. It also highlights how different philosophical doctrines and psychological theories, which have attempted to explain the constitution of the human subject and of its mental phenomena, can be traced in every point of view which approaches the phenomenon of consciousness.
authors.affiliation: Historia de la Psiquiatría, Departamento de Postgrado, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Salvador, Hospital José T. Borda, GCBA.
authors.forename: Norberto Aldo
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Keegan
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Torrente
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Stagnaro
mesh_terms: D003243:Consciousness; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010684:Philosophy; D011570:Psychiatry