Henri Ey's neojacksonism and the psychopathology of disintegrated mind.
Benedetto Farina, Maurizio Ceccarelli, Massimo Di Giannantonio
Psychopathology 2005 DOI: 10.1159/000088447 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that Henri Ey's organo-dynamic theory, which treats the mind-body as an inseparable whole and conceptualizes consciousness as both synchronous and diachronic, anticipates current neuroscientific theories of consciousness and offers a framework for integrated treatment of mental disorders. |
Abstract
The French psychiatrist Henri Ey developed his organo-dynamic theory of the mind function and consciousness 50 years ago incorporating Hughling Jackson's thinking, along with psychiatric and philosophical theorizations by Janet and Bergson. This model has not received the attention it deserved, but recent advances in neuroscience rekindled interest for Ey's theory. By overcoming the Cartesian mind-body dualism and treating the mind-body unit as an inseparable whole, this model opens the way for the integrated treatment of mental disorders. Ey's conceptualization of consciousness as being simultaneously both synchronous and diachronic anticipates current theories of consciousness (Damasio, Edelman, Mesulam).