Psychopathology as the basic science of psychiatry.

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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.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Br J Psychiatry

Title: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

Publisher: Royal College of Psychiatrists

ISSN (Electronic): 1472-1465

ISSN (Print): 0007-1250

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 2014

Volume: 205

Issue: 3

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[1 ] 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.

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Publisher Item ID: 205/3/169

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.138974

PubMed ID: 25179621

SO-VID: 8b87e502-0806-4bd2-8ee2-e3259f6ad876

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