The mind-body problem in contemporary psychiatry.
The mind-body problem is important for psychiatry clinically (the problems of interactionism and causality), semantically, and ethically (the problem of causality and free will). It includes the questions: What are minds? Do they exist? Are they ever free? How do they and bodies interact? The author reviews some important answers, in particular the brain-state theory and dualist interactionism, and outlines some implications for psychiatry and for controversies between psychiatry and other mental health disciplines.
Benjamin
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Department of Psychiatry, Soroka Medical Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva.
D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology*; D010684:Philosophy