Does «schizophrenia» exist? Reliability and validity

Authors

  • John Read

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30820/8242.14

Keywords:

Schizophrenia, Concepts, Reliability, Validity

Abstract

The statement that «schizophrenia» does not exist does not deny the existence of people with very unusual or complex experiences who suffer from extreme despair and confusion. This article is concerned with two other questions: (a) Does «schizophrenia» fulfil commonly accepted scientific criteria for providing evidence for the existence of a concept (reliability)? And (b): Is «schizophrenia» useful, that is, does the construct contribute anything to understanding or predicting (validity)?

Author Biography

John Read

John Read, PhD, Professor für Klinische Psychologie an der University of East London, arbeitete fast 20 Jahre lang als Klinischer Psychologe und Leiter psychosozialer Dienste im Vereinigten Königreich und in den USA, bevor er 1994 an die University of Auckland (Neuseeland) wechselte, wo er bis 2013 tätig war. Er leitete sowohl in Auckland als auch später an der University of Liverpool das Graduiertenprogramm. 2010 wurde er mit dem Hunter Award der New Zealand Psychological Society ausgezeichnet. Read gehört dem Vorstand der International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (www.isps.org) an und ist Herausgeber der Zeitschrift Psychosis. Für mehr Informationen siehe: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpsy20/current https://www.uel.ac.uk/Staff/r/john-read Publizierte Monografien: Geekie, J., & Read, J. (2009). Making Sense of Madness: Contesting the Meaning of Schizophrenia. London: Routledge. Read, J., & Dillon, J. (2013). Models of Madness (2. Aufl.). London: Routledge.

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Published

2018-04-18

How to Cite

Read, J. (2018). Does «schizophrenia» exist? Reliability and validity. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, 8(1), 75–83. https://doi.org/10.30820/8242.14

Issue

No. 1 (2018): Politik der Diagnose

Section

Titelthema: Politik der Diagnose

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