1 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/phil-cosm/35/9
Received: 12 July 2025 / Accepted: 15 September 2025 / Published: 10 October 2025
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Abstract
The authors concluded that integrating the EAWE into Ukrainian clinical practice is both timely and promising, but requires a systemic approach. Recommendations include developing a Ukrainian-language glossary of phenomenological concepts, creating training programs for mental health professionals, and adapting the methodology to the unique historical and cultural context, including combat-related trauma. This approach not only improves diagnostic accuracy but also humanizes psychiatry by centring the patient’s unique lifeworld and fostering a deeper therapeutic alliance.
Keywords: phenomenological psychopathology, anomalous world experience, phenomenological interview, schizophrenia, traumatic experience of Ukrainian culture.
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