El síntoma

Abstract

The symptom understood by subjective alterations perceived by people has been developed since the 50s by psychiatrists and in the 70s by clinical psychologists. A complete synopsis of this alteration is summarized in the book written by Süllwold and Huber, since 1974. The symptoms are subtle and subjectively subclinical experienced alterations in impulse, affection, thought, speech, (body) perception, motor action, central vegetative functions and stress tolerance. By definition, the symptoms are different from what is considered to be the “normal” mental being of one. Being subjective, they remain predominantly private and apparent only for the affected person, and they are rarely observable. The basic symptoms differ from the negative symptoms as they are currently understood, that is, as functional deficits observable by others. The perception that something is wrong with one’s thinking is present; however, some experiences may be so new and strange that they remain almost inexplicable. In the medical field, nurses help patients to cope to the symptoms, while doctors are primarily concerned with the appearance of symptoms in the diagnosis or treatment of the disease