title: Psychopathology as the basic science of psychiatry.
abstract: We argue that psychopathology, as the discipline that assesses and makes sense of abnormal human subjectivity, should be at the heart of psychiatry. It should be a basic educational prerequisite in the curriculum for mental health professionals and a key element of the shared intellectual identity of clinicians and researchers in this field.
authors.affiliation: Giovanni Stanghellini, MD, Dr Phil h.c., Department of Psychological, Humanistic and Territorial Studies, G. d'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy and Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile; Matthew R. Broome, MRCPsych, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stanghellini
authors.affiliation: Giovanni Stanghellini, MD, Dr Phil h.c., Department of Psychological, Humanistic and Territorial Studies, G. d'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy and Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile; Matthew R. Broome, MRCPsych, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Broome
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011599:Psychopathology / Q000193:education*