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Neo-psychoanalysis: a paradigm for the 21st century.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17274731     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Freud's metapsychological assumption, splitting mind from brain, created two major and unsolved problems: the relation of the mind with the brain and with outer reality. Recently neuroscientists have focused on the first problem, often basing their work on a category error (mereological fallacy). The second problem may be avoided by considering the coevolution of mind/brain, and by recognizing a non-dualistic symbiosis. Psychodynamic science, built largely on a century of psychoanalytic progress, is proposed as a coequal partner with traditional science in the effort to better understand the theory of knowledge, a central problem of both disciplines. Group selection and downward causation contribute to the recognition of neo-psychoanalysis, a new paradigm to complement the traditional viewpoint. The new view will permit a reunion between traditional and psychodynamic science. Recent fMRI and other data are presented in support of this view.
Authors:
Clay C Whitehead
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry     Volume:  34     ISSN:  1546-0371     ISO Abbreviation:  J Am Acad Psychoanal Dyn Psychiatry     Publication Date:  2006  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-02-05     Completed Date:  2007-02-23     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101177980     Medline TA:  J Am Acad Psychoanal Dyn Psychiatry     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  603-27     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, North Carolina, USA. ahorus@earthlink.net
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Humans
Psychoanalytic Theory*
Psychoanalytic Therapy / trends*
Psychophysiology*

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