Niall Mclaren

Natural Dualism and Mental Disorder

The Biocognitive Model for Psychiatry

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9781032025322
• ISBN-10: 1032025328
• Artikelnr.: 69924885

Autorenporträt

Niall McLaren is an Australian psychiatrist with lengthy experience in remote area psychiatry and in the application of the philosophy of science to psychiatry.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Basic principles. 1. Setting the scene for natural dualism. 2.
Toward a natural dualism. 3. The mind as an informational space. 4. Toward
a formal basis for a theory of mind. 5.The Natural Phenomenon of Emergence.
Part II Implementation. 6. Information and the brain. 7. Implementing
Dualism: Fundamental principles. 8.Implementing Dualism: The emerging
model. 9. Applying the Biocognitive Model. 10. Psychopathology. Part III
Conclusions. 11.Pointing to the future.