Analysis of Uniqueness (AoU) is a foundation and the first step in the transformation of one’s uniqueness and related psychopathology (treatment). It involves (i) identification (cataloging, mapping) of one’s internal / interpersonal states (i-states) including (a) typical and / or desired ones; (b) relevant non-pathological disruptions and (c) pathological…
Suffering of body-consciousness is universal, Caused by desire for existence / nonexistence of “I” and “self”, Transcendence of suffering is possible, On the path of true Practice-Insight-Wisdom-Compassion. (Siddhartha Gautama) [1] Transformations of psychopathology Psychopathology is a facet of uniqueness and, historically, has often been conceptualized as a “biopsychosocial” problem…
In general, ipsocentricity refers to one’s focus on one’s own uniqueness where one is both the “subject” and the “object” of one’s own activity. Ipsocentric i-states include (i) ipsocentric consciousness and (ii) ipsocentric acts – both focused predominantly on the four Registers of one’s own uniqueness. Ipsocentric consciousness refers to…
Severity of psychopathology (level of disruption of the here-now), both in general and disorder-specific, has often been conceptualized by referring to frequency of recurrence, intensity of distress, chronicity (duration), level of functional impairment, prognosis and treatment outcomes. Perspectival aspects of psychopathology add another vantage point from which…
Psychopathology is an aspect of uniqueness (p-i-state) which is perceived (experienced) by one and / or others as a breakdown (disruption, failure) of a natural (adaptive, healthy, normal) i-state within the here-and-now of one’s location and attributed to a (known) mental disorder (syndrome, illness). For any i-state (event) to be…
The physical world (universe) does not get “ill” or have “symptoms”, it is normal (“healthy”) as it is. Life, however, with survival, adaptation and learning (memory) at its core, brings in the possibility and the inevitability of dysfunction, illness (disorder) and demise (death). Physical disorders (illness, dysfunction) are part of…
Summary: Relational vulnerability is a continuous epigenetic dimension of interpersonal psychopathology (“disorders of personality”) manifesting in four main endophenotypic clusters based on (i) disordered HOMEOSTATIC REGULATION (High / Low) and (ii) maladaptive RELATEDNESS (High / Low). Currently used categories (diagnoses) of “personality disorders” correspond to one of the four clusters…
Psychopathology is an epi-ontogenetic disturbance (disorder) of associative integration manifested in impairments (symptoms, signs) of Homeostatic Regulation (activation, emotionality, neurocognitive integration) and Interpersonal Relatedness (Self-Others, intersubjectivity). Homeostatic dysregulations are associated with the biophysical (biological) aspects of psychopathology and dysregulated Relatedness underlie its interpersonal manifestations. Ipsocentricity (focus on oneself) is a…
Fundamentally, psychopathology is a sequence of events within and across all four registers of an I-STATE. In time, a unique internal / interpersonal configuration (position, state) develops, aspects of which are perceived (by one and others) as a maladaptive dysregulation (dis-order, impairment) of a “normal” (typical, expected) or desired way…
Prototypical configurations of the four registers correspond to unique patterns (styles) of being and experiencing (representing) oneself and others (“identity”, “personality”) . For instance: The six prototypical [Lxxx] configurations (LBEP, LBPE, LEBP, LEPB, LPBE, LPEB) correspond to a style (pattern) focused on location, including (i) tangible proximal events (entities, things)…
‘Disorders of personality” “Personality” is a neurocognitive aspect of UNIQUENESS. It underlies and regulates unique features of one’s biophysicality, cognitions, emotionality and behavior across multiple contexts and locations. “Personality Disorder” is an epigenetic neurocognitive dysregulation of personality endophenotype manifested in discrete configurations (syndromes) of phenotypic signs and experienced symptoms…
Psychopathology is (i) an expression and (ii) a study of maladaptive dysregulation (dis-order, impairment) of one’s BODY (biophysical functions, appearance, behavior) and EXPERIENCE (sensations, affects, awareness, ideation), in a PERSON among others, across multiple LOCATIONs. It is (i) subjectively experienced and represented in one’s consciousness as symptoms; (ii) observed and…