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1Enactive Psychiatry or Existential Psychiatry?Constructivist Foundations 17 (2): 165-169. 2022.In Enactive Psychiatry, de Haan puts forward the enactive approach as a promising theory to solve the integration problem in psychiatry by articulating the physiological, socio-cultural, experiential, and existential dimensions of human sense-making. The author provides a valuable and accessible introduction to the enactive theory, a rich analysis of the classical descriptivist-normativist debate, and a guideline for personalized diagnosis. However, the addition of the existential dimension to t…Read more
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18Affectivity in mental disorders: an enactive-simondonian approachPhenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 1-28. forthcoming.Several enactive-phenomenological perspectives have pointed to affectivity as a central aspect of mental disorders. Indeed, from an enactive perspective, sense-making is an inherently affective process. A question remains on the role of different forms of affective experiences (i.e., existential feelings, atmospheres, moods, and emotions) in sense-making and, consequently, in mental disorders. This work elaborates on the enactive perspective on mental disorders by attending to the primordial rol…Read more
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18Affective atmospheres and the enactive-ecological frameworkPhilosophical Psychology. forthcoming.The phenomenology of atmospheres is recently gaining attention in debates on situated affectivity. Atmospheres are defined as holistic affective qualities of situations that integrate disparate affective forces into an identifiable and unitary gestalt. They point to a blurred, pathic, relational, and pre-individual form of experience which has been described in terms of ecological affordances. Despite its relevance in diverse areas of research such as architecture, phenomenological psychiatry an…Read more
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24Enactive and simondonian reflections on mental disordersFrontiers in Psychology 13. 2022.As an alternative to linear and unidimensional perspectives focused mainly on either organic or psychological processes, the enactive approach to life and mind—a branch of 4-E cognitive theories—offers an integrative framework to study mental disorders that encompasses and articulates organic, sensorimotor, and intersubjective dimensions of embodiment. These three domains are deeply entangled in a non-trivial manner. A question remains on how this systemic and multi-dimensional approach may be a…Read more
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25Embodied Coordination and Psychotherapeutic Outcome: Beyond Direct MappingsFrontiers in Psychology 9. 2018.
Enara García
Universidad Del Pais Vasco
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Universidad Del Pais VascoDoctoral student
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