What are the consequences of the fact that the psychiatrist almost always faces 'subjective' symptoms, mainly communicated by the patient?
Reveals a particular attention to the unique character of the presented complaint.
The subjectivity is the foundation of clinical activity in psychiatry.
The symptom is effectively a 'word' that expresses the truth of the person more than their reality.
The symptom is only a construction of language, without a seat in the plane of emotional experiences and the individual's bodily reality.