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    Linguistic features of suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A systematic review
    with Stephanie Https://Orcidorg Homan, Marion Gabi, Nina Klee, Sandro Https://Orcidorg Bachmann, Ann-Marie Moser, Martina Duri, Sofia Michel, Anna-Maria Bertram, Guido Seiler, Elisabeth Https://Orcidorg Stark, and Birgit Https://Orcidorg Kleim
    . 2022.
    Language is a potential source of predictors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs), as changes in speech characteristics, communication habits, and word choice may be indicative of increased suicide risk. We reviewed the current literature on STBs that investigated linguistic features of spoken and written language. Specifically, we performed a search in linguistic, medical, engineering, and general databases for studies that investigated linguistic features as potential predictors of STBs …Read more
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    Delusions have traditionally been considered the hallmark of mental illness, and their conception, diagnosis and treatment raise many of the fundamental conceptual and practical questions of psychopathology. One of these fundamental questions is whether delusions are understandable. In this paper, we propose to consider the question of understandability of delusions from a philosophy of language perspective. For this purpose, we frame the question of how delusions can be understood as a question…Read more
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    The Ins and Outs of ‘Schizophrenia’: Considering Diagnostic Terms as Ordinary Linguistic Expressions
    with Yvonne Ilg
    Journal of Medical Humanities 42 (3): 387-404. 2020.
    Diagnostic terms in psychiatry like ‘schizophrenia’ and ‘bipolar disorder’ are deeply contested in the professional community, by mental health activists and the public. In this paper, we provide a theoretical framework for considering diagnostic terms as ordinary linguistic expressions and illustrate this approach by a corpus linguistic analysis of ‘schizophrenia.’ Our aim is to show how a focus on language itself can inform current and future debates about psychiatric terminology and provide n…Read more