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The Complete Biocognitive Model Series by Niall McLaren, M.D. in 3 Volumes! Humanizing Madness takes each of the major theories in psychiatry and demonstrates conclusively that it is so flawed as to be beyond salvation. It goes further, in that the author outlines a model of mental function which both satisfies the essential requirements of any scientific model, and shows how the phenomena of mental disorder can be described in a parsimonious dualist model which leads directly to a humanist form of management of the most widespread form of disability in the world today. Humanizing Psychiatry examines psychiatry’s reliance on “a drug for all problems” and its increasingly inability to attract bright new trainees, the specialty is showing every sign of terminal decline. The author offers a rational model of mental disorder within the framework of a molecular resolution of the mind-body problem. Fully developed, this model will have revolutionary consequences for psychiatry–and the mentally-afflicted. Humanizing Psychiatrists is the third of a series directed at developing the Biocognitive Model of Psychiatry as the replacement for the three nineteenth century models of mental disorder, psychoanalysis, behaviorism and biological psychiatry. In this volume, the author continues to explore the logical status of theories used in psychiatry. He shows that Dennett’s functionalism and Searle’s biological naturalism cannot be used as the basis for a theory for biological psychiatry. He argues that phenomenology is a valuable technique but can never form a genuine theory. in addition, he shows how orthodox psychiatry uses its publishing industry to suppress criticism of itself, which is a gross breach of scientific ethics. He then shows how his Biocognitive Model of Mind can be applied to clinical practice with dramatic results. From Future Psychiatry Press www.NiallMcLaren.com

Author: McLaren, M D Niall

Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 1615990712
Language: English
Pages: 796