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Unpacking 'the City': An experience-based approach to the role of urban living in psychosis.

  • Söderström O Institute of Geography, University of Neuchâtel, Espace Louis-Agassiz, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Electronic address: ola.soderstrom@unine.ch.
  • Abrahamyan Empson L Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program(TIPP), Service of General Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Clinique de Cery, 1008 Prilly, Switzerland.
  • Codeluppi Z Institute of Geography, University of Neuchâtel, Espace Louis-Agassiz, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
  • Söderström D Psychiatrist, Avenue de la Gare 16, 1800 Vevey, Switzerland.
  • Baumann PS Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program(TIPP), Service of General Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Clinique de Cery, 1008 Prilly, Switzerland.
  • Conus P Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program(TIPP), Service of General Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Clinique de Cery, 1008 Prilly, Switzerland.
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  • 2016-10-18
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  • Health & place. - 2016
Cities
Geography
Psychiatry
Psychosis
Video
Cities
Female
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Psychotic Disorders
Risk Factors
Social Environment
Social Isolation
Stress, Psychological
Switzerland
Urban Population
Video Recording
English Primarily on the basis of epidemiological studies, recent research in psychiatry has established a robust link between urban living and psychosis. This paper argues first, that an experienced-based approach, moving beyond epidemiology, is needed in order to enable more fine-grained understandings of the city/psychosis nexus. The second part of the paper presents preliminary fieldwork results based on video-elicitation sessions with first-episode patients with psychotic disorders. These results lead to the generation of a series of hypotheses for further research on the role of density, sensory overload and social interaction as factors in the onset of non-affective psychoses. The conclusion discusses the insights gained from viewing the city as an experiential milieu rather than as a set of substances. We argue that such insights enable, on the one hand, observation of the role of specific places and situations - and thus to unpack 'the city'; and, on the other, to envisage the urban milieu as a nexus of possible sites of recovery.
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  • English
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