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This page is an AI-assisted Turkish summary of the study presented at the 26th World Congress of Psychiatry. The study belongs to the presenting authors; please refer to the original source when citing it.

Schizophrenia

Schizofrenia

The English translation of Antoni Kepinski's book Şizofreni (Schizophrenia) aims to bring this text, which offers a humanistic and historical perspective on psychosis, to a wider readership.

The aim of this work is to produce what is most likely the first English translation of the late Prof. Antoni Kepinski's book Şizofreni (Schizofrenia). Its objectives include introducing the contributions of a leading Polish psychiatrist to a wider audience; highlighting Kepinski's rich, humanistic approach to psychiatry, his broad perspective on how psychosis has historically been understood and represented in culture, and his portrayal of human suffering. The book also offers clinical insights into schizophrenia and its differential diagnosis from a time and place in which the DSM was not generally used in clinical practice. The translator uses computer-assisted translation to access the definitions and meanings of Polish words while striving to preserve Kepinski's intended meaning. Roughly half of the book has been translated so far; the work continues as a passion project undertaken by the presenter during psychiatric residency training. The translation process is reported to be educational and insightful, helping foster an understanding of the various conditions encompassed by psychosis and a holistic perspective on both schizophrenia and conditions historically described as schizophrenia-like.

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