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Outline for a future psychiatry: the transcendent meaning model (TMM)
1Independent Scholar, Norman, OK, USA.
International Review of Psychiatry (Abingdon, England)
|January 29, 2020
Summary
The Transcendent Meaning Model (TMM) offers a new psychiatric framework integrating personal, social, and ideological aspects. This model addresses limitations in current medical and post-psychiatry approaches for a more holistic view.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Philosophy of Mind
- Sociology
Background:
- The dominant medical model of psychiatry is challenged by the post-psychiatry movement.
- Current models inadequately address subjective (agential) or value-based (axiological) dimensions of human experience.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a new theoretical model for psychiatry.
- To integrate personal, social, and ideological dimensions within a psychiatric framework.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis and theoretical model development.
- Integration of individual, social, and transcendent/ideological levels of analysis.
Main Results:
- The Transcendent Meaning Model (TMM) is proposed.
- TMM incorporates the material, personal, social, and religious-ideological aspects of human existence.
Conclusions:
- The Transcendent Meaning Model (TMM) offers a viable blueprint for future psychiatry.
- TMM addresses vulnerabilities in current psychiatric models by providing a more comprehensive integration.
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