Article: A cultural-ecosocial systems view for psychiatry.
2023 Volume 14, Page(s) 1031390
Abstract: While contemporary psychiatry seeks the mechanisms of mental disorders in neurobiology, mental health problems clearly depend on developmental processes of learning and adaptation through ongoing interactions with the social environment. Symptoms or ... ...
Abstract | While contemporary psychiatry seeks the mechanisms of mental disorders in neurobiology, mental health problems clearly depend on developmental processes of learning and adaptation through ongoing interactions with the social environment. Symptoms or disorders emerge in specific social contexts and involve predicaments that cannot be fully characterized in terms of brain function but require a larger social-ecological view. Causal processes that result in mental health problems can begin anywhere within the extended system of body-person-environment. In particular, individuals' narrative self-construal, culturally mediated interpretations of symptoms and coping strategies as well as the responses of others in the social world contribute to the mechanisms of mental disorders, illness experience, and recovery. In this paper, we outline the conceptual basis and practical implications of a hierarchical ecosocial systems view for an integrative approach to psychiatric theory and practice. The cultural-ecosocial systems view we propose understands mind, brain and person as situated in the social world and as constituted by cultural and self-reflexive processes. This view can be incorporated into a pragmatic approach to clinical assessment and case formulation that characterizes mechanisms of pathology and identifies targets for intervention. |
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Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-04-13 |
Publishing country | Switzerland |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2564218-2 |
ISSN | 1664-0640 |
ISSN | 1664-0640 |
DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1031390 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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