Mind-body and the future of psychiatry.
E R Wallace
The Journal of medicine and philosophy February 1, 1990 DOI: 10.1093/jmp/15.1.41 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Humans Consciousness Neuropsychology Social environment Philosophy, medical Unconscious, psychology |
| Key points | Argues that philosophical positions on the mind-body relation have profound clinical, scientific, and moral consequences for psychiatry, and proposes an ontology termed "monistic dual-aspect interactionism" for the biopsychosocial model while rejecting reductionist, dualist, and identity-theory approaches. |
Abstract
Philosophical perspectives are deeply relevant to psychiatric theorization, investigation, and practice. There is no better instance of this than the perennially vexing mind-body problem. This essay eschews reductionist, dualist, and identity-theory attempts to resolve this problem, and offers an ontology--"monistic dual-aspect interactionism"--for the biopsychosocial model. The profound clinical, scientific, and moral consequences of positions on the mind-body relation are examined. I prescribe a radically biological cure for psychiatry's--and all medicine's--chronic dogmatism and fragmentation.