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Title of the article: Pathological craving for psychoactive substances and formation of meaning
Author(s): Mikhaylov M. A.
Section: General Psychological Problems
Year: 2011
Issue: № 1 (XIX)
Pages: 95-104
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Abstract: The syndrome of pathological craving for psychoactive substances is an axial syndrome of all drug addiction diseases. The psychopathological analysis of the relationship between intimate psychopathological mechanisms of craving and processes of meaning is done in this work. It is shown that the main phenomena are best seen in ideatoric sphere at the psychotic register. The paper explains the role of the alternative states of consciousness and the relationship of ideatoric and bodily phenomena in the process of pathological formation of meaning.
Keywords: PATHOLOGICAL CRAVING SYNDROME, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, IDEATORIC SPHERE, PSYCHOTIC REGISTER, FORMATION OF MEANING
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