Time and Body Phenomenological and Psychopathological Approaches

Time and Body promotes the application of phenomenological psychopathology and embodied research to a broad spectrum of mental disorders. In a new and practical way, it integrates the latest research on the temporal and intersubjective constitution of the body, self and its mental disorders from phenomenological, embodied and interdisciplinary research perspectives. The authors investigate how temporal processes apply to the contribution of embodiment and selfhood, as well as to their destabilization, such as in eating disorders and borderline personality disorders, schizophrenia, depression, social anxiety or dementia. The chapters demonstrate the applicability of phenomenological psychopathology to a range of illnesses and its relevance to treatment and clinical practice.

Part I. Body and Time; Part II. Grief and Anxiety; Part III. Borderline Personality and Eating Disorders; Part IV. Depression, Schizophrenia and Dementia.

Christian Tewes is Adjunct Professor (Privatdozent) of Philosophy at the University of Jena, Germany. His research interests comprise embodiment theories, phenomenology, philosophy of mind and anthropology.
Giovanni Stanghellini is a psychiatrist, Chair of the School of Phenomenological-dynamic Psychotherapy, and Professor of Dynamic Psychology at 'G. d'Annunzio' University, Italy.