Existential Encounter in the Asylum: Ludwig Binswanger’s 1935 Case of Hysteria  

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Lanzoni, Susan

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: History of Psychiatry vol. 15 no. 3 (Sep. 2004), page 285–304.
Topik: Binswanger; existential; encounter; history; hysteria; psychiatry
Fulltext: 285.pdf (135.33KB)

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This paper examines the Swiss psychiatrist Ludwig Binswanger’s view of the doctor-patient relationship as a direct and trusting existential encounter in a 1935 clinical case of hysteria. Drawing upon unpublished materials from the patient record and correspondence, I show that his conception of existential encounter emerged from the Bellevue asylum context, where treatment choices were linked to maintaining order in a communal setting, and addressing a complex array of bodily and psychological symptoms. Binswanger touted the underlying, positive relationship with his patients as the critical factor in the efficacy of a wide variety of treatments, including some of the most forceful and authoritative. Sources from the patient’s perspective, however, demonstrate that, in this case, a mutual relationship of trust was not clearly achieved.

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