Natural Dualism and Mental Disorder: The Biocognitive Model for Psychiatry

by Niall McLaren

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032025301
• ISBN13: 9781032025308
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"