The Myth of Neuropsychiatry: A Look at Paradoxes, Physics, and the Human Brain (Hardcover)

by Donald Mender (Author)

Editorial Reviews

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The current emphasis on neuropsychiatry, with its unshakable and growing belief in physical causes, is on the wrong track, says Mender, a thoughtful and broadly educated psychiatrist who clearly shows the errors and circular reasoning of its modern adherents. Drawing on philosophers, mathematicians, physicists, and physicians down through the centuries, Mender develops a closely reasoned, cogent argument. Overreliance on numbers and quantitative measurement has skewed the neuropsychiatric approach away from such uniquely human elements in mental events and behavior as intentionality and emotion. Top-down and bottom-up approaches have both failed, Mender thinks; connectionism and chaos theory will soon follow, and the current theoretical fad, quantum computers, will necessarily fall in turn. Premedical, medical, and psychiatric education must be expanded to include the humanities, he maintains. This is not an easy book, but Mender has done an excellent job of turning a bright light on neuropsychiatry's many flaws, misconceptions, and misleading statements. William Beatty

Product Description
Presentation of the author's theory that physics, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and medicine are all relevant in neuropsychiatry. DNLM: Mental Disorders.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers; 1 edition (April 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0306446529
• ISBN-13: 978-0306446528
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
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