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Originally Posted by RisuNeko
It seems to me that psychiatrists focus on the body/brain, and therapists focus on more of the social and environmental things. If only the two parties worked together to help us. I do feel that these things can't really be separated.
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Hi. Thanks for the reply. The more progressive people within mental health areas i think do fully acknowledge that physiology/biology can't be separated from psychology & environment. There is a consensus for a bio/psycho/social viewpoint & understanding.
All i'd add to that is the spiritual/transpersonal (beyond the individual ego).
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Like my psychiatrist always blames my mania on meds, and my therapist more rightly blames stress. I rarely have episodes that aren't preceded by bouts of extreme stress from environmental or social factors. That's what makes me stop sleeping and triggers an episode. I don't think it's ever been just from a med change. It's not that simple.
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Yes, i think it's all very individual & complex, mediated by myriad personal & environmental factors. i think there needs to be a far more comprehensive, integral, inclusive & multi-faceted approach/understanding to all these areas.
The dicotomy between psychiatry & psychology & imo spirituality is silly - i think there needs to be a professional & understanding approach that validates, acknowledges & incorporates a biological, psychological & social view (i'd also add spiritual) - mind, body, soul, spirit - within environment. A genuinely integral understanding & approach.
Some people are trying - a bit dated, but the book 'Healing the Split' by John E. Nelson, is one example of someone trying to unify an understanding of the psychiatric with other fields.
Healing the Split
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I don't know about the spiritual stuff though. I'm not a spiritual person, and don't really believe in that stuff. I have to get my "spiritual fix" from the rational/scientific world, which is a little tricky, but still possible in my opinion. I can't deny that I have FAITH in the scientific method (for the most part), and faith is a spiritual concept.
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It is interesting that you say that. For many reasons (that i could explain) - i do see scientific materialism primarily as a belief system.