On Depression by S. Nassir Ghaemi

Author:S. Nassir Ghaemi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2013-09-01T16:00:00+00:00

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Some of the things people suffer most from are the things they tell themselves that are not true

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Semrad proved clinically what philosophers seek to explain logically: delusions are not just about faulty cognitions or biological abnormalities (though they usually involve both)—they also involve something more deeply human, a basic existential fault, perhaps, reminding us that even in the most severely ill psychiatric patients, our clinical work involves—first and foremost—contacting the person beneath the patient, and saying hello.

If only we could do the same in our non-psychotic lives.

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