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AbstractThe Madness of MetaphorRécent work in cognitive science suggest that both conventional and innovative constructions of expérience and mediated by metaphoric concepts. Metaphors bridge sensory, affective and conceptual meaning so that even abstract concepts are grounded in and contribute to bodily and social expériences. Through the example of a woman suffering from sensations of floating, I illustrate how metaphor theory intégrâtes social and bodily aspects of illness expérience. This approach promises to bridge constructivist and realist accounts of illness and so to situate symbolic and Imaginative processes within a shared world of substance and feeling.
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AbstractRational Emotive Therapy is based on the hypothesis that disordered thinking leads to disordered feeling, which then leads to disordered behavior. Therapeutically, the strategy it is to correct disordered feeling and behavior by changing the disordered thinking. This immensely popular form of psychotherapy for emotional disorders provides an interesting illustration of the intricate law-like relationships that can exist between relatively fixed patterns of emotional, behavioral, and physiological sensory states. As such, it provides a plausible source of evidence for the hypothesis that emotions form a specialized law-like system or ‘kind'. Evidence of the success of Rational Emotive Therapy casts doubt on the contemporary philosophical mantra that emotions do not form a natural kind. It suggests precisely the opposite, namely, that emotions do form a ‘natural kind' of some sort. This evidence has not been considered in the ongoing debate over the natural kind status of emotion. Especially interesting is how it forces us to rethink the way in which the notion of a natural kind is usually deployed in philosophical debates in this area. Alternative formulations more in line with the practices of the relevant sciences may be needed.
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Keywords: Soins palliatifs, Milieu psychiatrique, Expérience, Centre hospitalier
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AbstractCognitive aspects and treatment of delusional disorders This article reviews the cognitive phenomenology of delusional disorders (DD) and examines the current cognitive models. Some case studies have shown considerable promise concerning the utilisation of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for the treatment of DD, even if this approach is in its infancy. Although the stages of CBT to treat DD are very similar to that of other psychotic disorders, there are also considerable differences. However, it is essential to combine several strategies in order to modify inferences specific to DD. The clinical evaluation of delusions as well as the application of CBT as a treatment is illustrated in two cases with a diagnosis of DD with persecutory subtype. The cases required different time periods for different stages of CBT and highlight the importance of tailoring CBT according to need.
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