Thx David. I'm familiar with some of these ideas: wrote part of my PhD on emergence explanation of psychopathology, & have been working on network theory/models where disorders are thought to be an emergent property deriving from interactions of biopsychosocial factors.
I wrote this in response to a great piece by @vaughanbell.
Taking stock 6 months later, the post has been viewed a lot & led to interesting discussions. The syllabus I created has seen some use, and I hope to teach the course in the next year! 
http://eiko-fried.com/all-mental-disorders-are-brain-disorders-not/ …
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The literature (at least in my field) is fairly psychological & has so far largely ignored social & biological factors, but there is some integration on the way. Here is an overview paper that also features some of the main challenges of these ideas:http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1745691617705892 …
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Don't, there is a whole world out there ;) ! For some papers, tutorials, and other literature, seehttp://www.psych-networks.com
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While there are of great points, majority of cites are 7-20years old it ignores the endocrine medical disease causal for or psychiatric symptoms as prodrome for medical disorders that have yet to emerge...&other than fMRI data which has HUGE problems,
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advances in neurosci, med , developmental & cognition aren't really included. Psych is in fact a nexus field of study b/c human beings are subject to t/WHOLE of human experience. & The idea that psych symptoms aren't multifactorial in nature has ALWAYS been problematic
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Looking for markers genetic and med ONLY is as equally problematic as looking to envirornment only as is looking only at family of origin etc.. The only way to treat any illness is in an integrative, wholistic & COMPREHENSIVE manner. We must all come to grips with this.
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Thanks Kate. Agreed that we need an integrative, comprehensive approach — that's pretty much the main message of the blog. And I cite some older literature such as Engel '77 to highlight the fact that folks have argued for such integrated approaches for over half a century. >
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> I'm sure there is a lot of literature I missed, and if you have any specific recommendations, I'd love to include them in the syllabus.
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Understood. Yes, I do have a couple I think might fit well subject to your approval. If I could have a few days....Im just now in thr crazy cycle of moving once again for my 2-year postdoc residency in NP.. Can I DM you in a few days?
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That'd be amazing, thanks. Take your time, this topic will be around for a few more decades ! ;)
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Great post! It’s something that’s on my mind a lot. Despite that, I still catch myself trying to write phrases like ‘some-biological-phenomenon’ underlies ‘some-psychological-phenomenon’. Such language is common
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I find supervenience and related concepts interesting to think about in relation to this question of "underlying". Eronen, M. I., & Brooks, D. S. (2014). Interventionism and Supervenience: A New Problem and Provisional Solution.http://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2014.932529 …
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Mental disorders are irreducible to brain states.
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I find supervenience and emergence interesting topics to think about when it comes to this discussion.
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Great post
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Lack of specificity to one disorder is largely why I'm working on a *shared* basic mechanism between "different" disorders, with potential applications for early Dx, Tx & prevention across psychiatry, neurology & sleep medicine |
#PrecisionSwitchMedicinehttps://twitter.com/NgoSense/status/1018672510462713856 …
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