The word reaction: from physics to psychiatry

Starobinski, Jean; Serafini-Sauli, Judith P.

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“…Schneider's (1959) view that all psychoses have a “somatic” basis was also influential and contributed to causing the neglect of RP in modern psychiatric classifications (Gabriel, 1987; Strömgren, 1989). Furthermore, the psychological mechanism of “reactivity” has been redefined in terms of stress vulnerability, life events, critical family context, and sociocultural adversities in keeping with multifactor and probabilistic causal models (Brown and Birley, 1968; Simpson, 1994; Starobinski, 1977). Accordingly, RP underwent several changes in successive ICD and DSM versions, and was eventually replaced with descriptive categories such as ICD-10 ATPDs and DSM-IV / DSM-5 BPD associated (or not) with stressful events, but the paucity of studies published to date points out that they proved unhelpful and clinicians have little practice in identifying it.…”

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Reactive Psychosis

Castagnini

Berríos

2023

J Nerv Ment Dis

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Reactive psychosis (RP) is a trauma-induced category whose meaning has varied in relation to the role attributed to lived experiences or vulnerable personality. It has long been described in different countries, but seldom investigated under the influence of symptom-based psychiatric classifications. This article aims to examine the development of RP since the early 20th century, outline how it has been incorporated in modern diagnostic classifications, and set out empirical findings. It is likely that variations in terminology and diagnostic practice have affected estimates of the frequency and hampered the validity of RP in earlier studies. To enhance reliability, RP underwent several changes in successive Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and ICD versions and was eventually replaced with descriptive categories for short-lived psychotic disorders. Clinical observations during the COVID-19 pandemic attest the durability of RP, but the current categories prove unhelpful in identifying it and have failed to encourage research.

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Reactive Psychosis

Castagnini

Berríos

2023

J Nerv Ment Dis

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“…Controversy surrounds the origin of mental disorders accompanying neurological disease. Do they arise directly from brain lesions or are they psychological "reactions" (Starobinski, 1977;Degwitz, 1986)? Authors have adopted views at either extreme (Brain, 1930;Hunter, 1973) but most have intermediate opinions.…”

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Biological and Quantitative Issues in Neuropsychiatry

Berrios

Dening

1990

Behavioural Neurology

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During the recent resurgence of interest in neuropsychiatry, rapid technological advances have outpaced developments in the underlying theoretical framework. Neurophilosophy has tended to overlook clinical problems. This paper aims to redress the balance by examining a number of conceptual issues. Two groups of problems are considered: those related to brain functioning and psychiatric symptoms, and those related to the measurement of symptoms and their statistical analysis. It is emphasized that psychiatric symptoms appear to reflect the modular organization of the brain; and the particular psychiatric symptomatology associated with individual neurological diseases may be more distinct than is generally assumed, both cross-sectionally and over time.

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Psychogenesis: Conceptual Analysis

Moreno

Molina-Luque

2020

Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences

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The word reaction: from physics to psychiatry

Cited by 5 publications

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Reactive Psychosis

Reactive Psychosis

Biological and Quantitative Issues in Neuropsychiatry

Psychogenesis: Conceptual Analysis

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