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| Title |
The anatomy of sorrow: a spiritual, phenomenological, and neurological perspective
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| Published in |
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, June 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1747-5341-3-17 |
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| Authors |
Ronald Pies |
| Abstract |
There is considerable controversy, both within and outside the field of psychiatry, regarding the boundaries of normal sadness and clinical depression. Furthermore, while there are frequent calls for a "pluralistic", comprehensive approach to understanding depression, few writers have tried to integrate insights from the spiritual, philosophical, and neurobiological literature. The author proposes that such a synthesis is possible, and that our understanding of ordinary sorrow and clinical depression is enriched by drawing from these disparate sources. In particular, a phenomenological analysis of sorrow and depression reveals two overlapping but distinct "lifeworlds". These differ in the relational, temporal, dialectical, and intentional realms. Recent brain imaging studies are also beginning to reveal the neurobiological correlates of sorrow and depression. As we come to understand the neurobiology of these states, we may be able to correlate specific alterations in "neurocircuitry" with their phenomenological expressions. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 53 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Romania | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 48 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 15% |
| Other | 6 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 9% |
| Professor | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 17 | 32% |
| Unknown | 6 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 28% |
| Psychology | 13 | 25% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Philosophy | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 7 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 May 2013.
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