Abstract

SERRANO BONITTO, CAMILO. DYSTHYMIA AND PHENOMENOLOGY. rev.colomb.psiquiatr. [online]. 2001, vol.30, n.1, pp.50-56. ISSN 0034-7450.

Inferencial medical model compares what is directly observed by the therapist with shapes of symptomatic reference. The perceptual model used in a complementary way includes other aspects than more symptoms in order to establish a diagnosis. One can then incorporate phenomenon observed in a wider sease. Dysthymia represents a crucial point to understand the depressive spectrum. The article intends to promote the study of the dysthymic phenomenon by means of perceptual experience, emphasizing therapeutic relation as a starting point of our diagnostic process and therapeutic goals.

Keywords : Perceptual Model; Dysthymia; Depressive Spectrum; Therapeutic Relation; Phenomenology.

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