Reduction in Psychiatry

2009-08-01articleThe Canadian Journal of Psychiatry56 citationsclosed

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Mental Health and Psychiatry Philosophy and Theoretical Science Philosophy and History of Science

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine the doctrine of reductionism in psychiatry. METHOD: A selective review of the literature. RESULTS: Two arguments offered in support of reduction in psychiatry are presented and found to be unsatisfactory. An argument supporting skepticism about reduction is described. CONCLUSION: Currently, there is little reason to think that any significant portion of psychiatric theory will be reduced to neuroscience or genetics.

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