title: Psychiatry and chaos.
abstract: Chaos theory is the third scientific revolution this century. The first two have revealed previously unexpected 'discontinuity' in continuous speed and mass variables and each placed a new and fundamental bound on man's abilities. Chaos theory argues that the evolution of life on Earth has been achieved economically by random mutation and not in any formal deterministic predetermined pattern. The human reproductive cycle is reduced to nine intrauterine months followed by 15 years of randomly occurring daily interpersonal family relationships of varying degrees of complexity to create each unique individual in the context of interpersonal relationships in that society and culture. Some of the random untoward outcomes that may occur in relationships with others are labelled as psychoses.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lindsay
mesh_terms: D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D008960:Models, Psychological; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D011247:Pregnancy; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012098:Reproduction