Biomedical subjects

J B Grize

Publications and source records attributed to J B Grize.

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PubMed1994

[Logic and analogy in psychiatry. Their "common root"].

Logic and analogy pose a fundamental problem in psychiatry. The latter is at the moment renewed by the existence of fuzzy logics. The authors put forward the hypothesis of a common root using the systemal method, an original strategy and a particular test. Several questions are tackled: definitions, hierarchy, linking, linearity or circularity, closed of open aspect of thought process, integration, separation or continuity, ways of appearance, discrete organization or organization in networks, different or common origin, importance of modal and non monotonous logics. A discussion and the consequences of this hypothesis are specified.

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PubMed1990

[Formal thinking, logical-discursive operations and schizophrenia: experimental study of a clinical case].

This study, based on a single case experimental design, examined logical reasoning in a schizophrenic meeting the DSM-III criteria. The quantitative assessment carried out by 32 psychiatrists on a rating scale for logical thinking disorders (nine items, six points) of the retranscribed clinical interview showed 1. that the assessments varied in a statistically significant way according to items and psychiatrists, and that these variations were independent of their degree of experience--the correlations between the different items of the rating scale proved to be weak and not significantly different from zero; and 2. the study of the most contradictory statements carried out by a logician using reasoning analysis procedures concluded that there were in fact logical relationships between the subjects the schizophrenic talked about. The results are discussed in relation to the methodology of assessing formal thought in schizophrenia.

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[Intuition and psychiatry].

The topic intuition can be approached efficiently by introspective studies based on the systemal method and intersubjectivity with a language structured logically. Thus it is possible to provide a general model of intuition. This model is formed from three subsets: descriptive, dynamic and structural. It can be progressively corrected, refined and enriched. Its value grows with reciprocal and successive validations by different observers. Its consequences and applications in psychopathology are discussed.

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[Language and psychiatry].

Language is intimately linked with knowledge. In psychiatry it is initially focused upon the patient and proves to be a natural language. When the studies are extended to the social environment, the use of statistics and more general properties orientates it towards logico-mathematical abstractions. Finally in order to respect the singular and universal aspect of the mentally sick person, the logical operations are integrated within the discourse. It is the case especially for the systemal method, for interdisciplinary studies and retroactive study of the observer's own ways of thinking. In this way it is eventually possible to extract organic laws. In conclusion psychiatric language proves to be an instrument of communication for the person, within himself and with the outer world, taking the shape of a wider and wider spiral, better and better expressing phenomena with singular et universal meanings.

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