NEUROPLASTIC TREATMENT for MENTAL DISORDERS
Abraham Peled
PsyArXiv June 11, 2023 preprint DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/2n6kz (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Key points | Argues that limited knowledge of psychiatric disorder etiology constrains treatment efficacy, and that integrating computational neuroscience with psychiatry can connect phenomenology to brain disturbances and suggest novel treatments targeting brain plasticity, understood as neurogenesis and synaptic interactions between neuronal networks shaped by sensation and motor activity. |
Abstract
It is not a secret that treatments for mental disorders are limited in their therapeutic efficacy. The reason for this, among other things, is the lack of knowledge regarding the etiology (causes) of psychiatric disorders. For many years efforts to combine Computational Neuroscience with psychiatry are beginning to yield some insights that may connect phenomenology to brain disturbances and result in novel treatments. Such novel treatments seem to target Brain Plasticity. Plasticity is the term reserved for interactions taking place between, and among, neuronal network systems in the brain (neurogenesis and synaptic activity), these are typically interactive with external environments via sensation (sensory systems) and actions (motor activity).