Naslov
Psychodynamic psychopharmacotherapy and application of "brain- mind" concept

Autori
Vlastelica, Mirela ; Jelaska, Marin ; Matijević, Veljko

Izvornik
Psychiatria Danubina (0353-5053) 23 (2011), 3; 286-288

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, ostalo

Ključne riječi
psychodynamic psychopharmacotherapy; brain-mind; non adherence

Sažetak
Neuroscientific researches are pointing to a complex interplay between factors traditionally dichotomized as " biological" and "psychological", the two constructs that are, in fact, impossible to disentangle. Nowadays there are many reasons to use the concept called "brain-mind", because we cannot afford to view our patients in the terms of "mental" vs. "physical", "mind" vs."body", "psyche" vs. "soma", etc., and neither afford the "luxury" of supposing only one treatment method - pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy. The best available evidence suggests that each modality, or their synergistic combination, may be effective. Psychiatrists who operate from either a dogmatic psychotherapeutic paradigm or a psychopharmacological paradigm are not having access to the patient as a whole. Psychodynamic psychopharmacotherapy in that mean accepts the application of "brain-mind" concept, offering explanation for many dilemmas, particularly for treatment resistance or nonadherence.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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