Psychiatric Times June 5, 2024
What are the connections between environmental factors and the development of mental disorders?
COMMENTARY
There have always been 2 kinds of psychiatry: 1 rooted in neuroscience and the other focusing on the impact of environmental adversities. In the past few decades, psychiatry has adopted a strong biological orientation in both research and practice. Although biological reductionism has come under criticism,1 it still dominates our discipline.
On the other hand, quite a few psychotherapists, both within psychiatry and in other disciplines, carry out a practice based on environmental theories. One is the idea that childhood trauma lies behind many mental disorders.2
A biopsychosocial (BPS) model describes a much broader picture than biological reductionism—one of nature and nurture interacting with each other...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor