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Natural Dualism and Mental Disorder - The Biocognitive Model for Psychiatry (Hardcover)
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Natural Dualism and Mental Disorder - The Biocognitive Model for Psychiatry (Hardcover)
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This book presents an integrative, dualist model of mental disorder
for psychiatry, as a counter to the so-called "biomedical" approach
that dominates the field today. Starting with the humanist concept
that mental disorder is real, it uses a computational approach to
build a genuinely bio-psycho-social model. This shows that mental
disorder is primarily psychological in nature, not biological. The
historical background extends as far as Descartes, and proceeds via
some of the revolutionary thinkers who have shaped modern society.
In particular, it builds on the work of George Boole, Alan Turing
and Claude Shannon to construct a radically new concept of the mind
as a real, informational space which, for better off for worse, can
malfunction. It extends this idea to build models of personality,
of personality disorder, and then of mental disorder. Finally, the
concepts are tested against a variety of themes from other fields
to show its generality. Based in the philosophy of science and of
mind, this work represents a radical departure from anything in the
history of psychiatry. Its purpose is to provide a formal,
articulated model of mental disorder to fill the theoretical void
at the core of modern psychiatry. This book is written for medical
students and recent graduates, for psychiatrists, psychologists,
social workers and, broadly, anybody with an interest in human
affairs, such as philosophy, politics and other related fields.
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