title: Systems thinking in psychiatry: some theoretical and clinical implications.
abstract: The author discusses the theoretical and pragmatic value of systems thinking in psychiatry. An awareness of the pluralistic, multifactorial origins of psychopathology broadens the psychiatrist's understanding and increases his or her therapeutic potential. The psychiatrist who thinks in systems terms is a true generalist in medicine, and to practice that way is the most effective way of treating people.
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011570:Psychiatry; D013598:Systems Theory