Science in search of psychiatry
1Unit 1, Nedlands, Western Australia.
Abstract:
The evidence of the major physical sciences' developments, based on their primary reductionist analyses, including nuclear power, analysis of the gene DNA, the creation of new chemical structures etc, is around us and self evident in our daily social life. This reductionist model can be seen in the doctor treating the disease as such and/or its specific pathology or pathogenesis. Medical practice does involve a social interaction between individuals. The social dimension presents for research the interface between the individual's mind and the views of his/her society or social group. This interface becomes critical in a psychiatric consultation as the locus of the disease, if any, is not clear and may not even be at the interview. These social dimensions are examined in terms of the Queen of the Sciences, Mathematics.
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