holism – A New Vision for Mental Health

What is formulation in psychiatry?

Author: Editorial 12th May 2023 0 Comments

“When assessing the same patient, two experts may produce two similar summaries, but two different formulations. This is the fundamental difference: a summary is descriptive, whereas a formulation is analytical and evaluative… formulating a case with clarity and precision is…
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a coherent system

biopsychosocial model, diagnostic hierarchy, formulation, Gareth Owen, holism, philosophy of psychiatry, psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, verstehen

Toward a Change of Paradigm in Psychosis: A Contextual Phenomenological Approach

Author: Editorial 1st May 2023 0 Comments

This abstract is of a chapter in Psychological Interventions for Psychosis that has been co-authored by Marino Pérez-Álvarez & José Manuel García-Montes: “This chapter sets out the increasing evidence that makes it clear that the understanding of psychosis from the…
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collaborative practice

biomedical model, contextual model, holism, Marino Pérez-Álvarez, Marino Pérez-Álvarez & José Manuel García-Montes, phenomenology, psychiatry, psychosis, psychotherapy

International Perspectives on Mental Health: Critical issues across the lifespan

Author: Editorial 24th July 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Barbara Fawcett, Zita Weber and Sheila Wilson. The publishers say: “… the field of mental health is complex – fraught with differences in understanding and experience, variations in service provision, political agendas and professional discourses….
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a coherent system

age, Barbara Fawcett, books, history of psychiatry, holism, international perspectives, mental health policies, Sheila Wilson, social care, Zita Weber

The Foundations of Primary Care: Daring to Be Different

Author: Editorial 10th December 2018 0 Comments

Joachim Sturmberg and James Dearman are the authors of this book , a book that is relevant to both mental and biophysical healthcare. The publishers say: “…This ground-breaking book encourages a re-focus on the subjective and social nature of health and…
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a coherent system

books, complexity, healthcare system, history of medicine, holism, James Dearman, Joachim Sturmberg, philosophy of medicine, primary care, social nature of health and illness, subjectivity

The Value of Systems and Complexity Sciences for Healthcare

Author: Editorial 31st August 2018 0 Comments

This book, edited by Prof. Joachim P. Sturmberg, is based on the proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Systems and Complexity for Healthcare. The publishers say: “This visionary reframing of health and healthcare uses a complexity science approach to…
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a coherent system

books, complex adaptive systems, complexity science, emerg, holism, Joachim P. Sturmberg, primary care