Reflections on brain and mind
Andreas Johann Steck, Barbara Steck
Swiss Archives of Neurology Psychiatry and Psychotherapy August 10, 2016 DOI: 10.4414/sanp.2016.00418 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 3 |
| Key points | Argues that a comprehensive picture of the brain-mind relationship requires combining subjective experience with scientific objectivity, and proposes that neurological and mental conditions are expressed through somatisation, dreams, and narratives, revealing coping and grieving processes. Stressful events are said to impact mental health and interrupt the continuity of one's sense of self. |
Abstract
A comprehensive and coherent picture of the brain-mind relationship can only arise from a combination of subjective experience and scientific objectivity.Current developments in the understanding of brain functions are reviewed in a clinical context.The authors discuss neuroscientific advances in the fields of consciousness, memory, emotions, language, trauma and pain.They explore how stressful events impact mental health and interrupt the continuity of one's sense of self.Neurological and mental affections find expression in somatisation, dreams and narratives, and reveal coping and grieving processes.