Mechanizmy zdrowia i zaburzeń psychicznych w teorii Dialogowego Ja

Anna Gabińska , Bartosz Zalewski , Hubert Suszek , Małgorzata Jędrasik-Styła , Bartosz Szymczyk

Abstract

The paper describes the mechanisms of mental health and mental disorders from the Dialogical Self Theory perspective. This developing theory drawing on narrative psychology and social constructionism, characterizes the Self as a structure composed of many inner voices (I positions) and attributes a central role in organizing mental processes to dialogicality. Based on the literature review, the authors first described the determinants of mental health and next they synthesized and classified the mechanisms of mental disorders which are proposed by the discussed theory. These mechanisms constitute a novel and original approach to psychopathological phenomena and refer to the quality of inner dialogues, the hierarchy of I positions and their accessibility, the degree of inner multiplicity and the working of metaposition. Distinguishing them seems particularly useful for a better understanding of psychotic and personality disorders.