Natural Dualism and Mental Disorder

This book presents an integrative, dualist model of mental disorder for psychiatry, as a counter to the so-called "biomedical" approach that dominates the field today.

Niall McLaren is an Australian psychiatrist with lengthy experience in remote area psychiatry and in the application of the philosophy of science to psychiatry.

Part I Basic principles. 1. Setting the scene for natural dualism. 2. Toward a natural dualism. 3. The mind as an informational space. 4. Toward a formal basis for a theory of mind. 5.The Natural Phenomenon of Emergence. Part II Implementation. 6. Information and the brain. 7. Implementing Dualism: Fundamental principles. 8.Implementing Dualism: The emerging model. 9. Applying the Biocognitive Model. 10. Psychopathology. Part III Conclusions. 11.Pointing to the future.