The third wave of biological psychiatry. [PDF]
In this article I will argue that we are witnessing at this moment the third wave of biological psychiatry. This framework conceptualizes mental disorders as brain disorders of a special kind that requires a multilevel approach ranging from genes to psychosocial mechanisms.
Walter H.
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Non-mammalian models in behavioral neuroscience: consequences for biological psychiatry. [PDF]
Current models in biological psychiatry focus on a handful of model species, and the majority of work relies on data generated in rodents. However, in the same sense that a comparative approach to neuroanatomy allows for the identification of patterns of
Maximino C+9 more
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Biological Psychiatry is Dead, Long Live Biological Psychiatry! [PDF]
The failure of biological psychiatry to deliver on its promises of enlightening the origin of psychiatric disorders and optimizing their treatment is due to invalid theoretical postulates that derive from an outdated conceptualization of human biology. The crisis of biological psychiatry depends on its identification with functional biology.
Troisi A.
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Commentary on Henrik Walter's "The third wave of biological psychiatry". [PDF]
There is good news: “Biological psychiatry is no longer biologistic!” According to Walter (2013), a seasoned German neuroscientist, psychiatrist and philosopher, a putative “third wave” of biological psychiatry has overcome many flaws that for a long ...
Pawelzik MR.
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The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry guidelines on the assessment and pharmacological treatment of compulsive sexual behaviour disorder. [PDF]
Objectives The current guidelines aim to evaluate the role of pharmacological agents in the treatment of patients with compulsive sexual behaviour disorder (CSBD). They are intended for use in clinical practice by clinicians who treat patients with CSBD.
Turner D+6 more
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Unconsidered issues of measurement noninvariance in biological psychiatry: A focus on biological phenotypes of psychopathology. [PDF]
There is increasing appreciation that certain biological processes may not be equally related to all psychiatric symptoms in a given diagnostic category.
Moriarity DP+3 more
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Clinical guidelines for the use of lifestyle-based mental health care in major depressive disorder: World Federation of Societies for Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) and Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) taskforce. [PDF]
Objectives The primary objectives of these international guidelines were to provide a global audience of clinicians with (a) a series of evidence-based recommendations for the provision of lifestyle-based mental health care in clinical practice for ...
Marx W+15 more
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Messaging in Biological Psychiatry: Misrepresentations, Their Causes, and Potential Consequences. [PDF]
Most experts in the field of psychiatry recognize that neuroscience advances have yet to be translated into clinical practice. The main message delivered to laypeople, however, is that mental disorders are brain diseases cured by scientifically designed ...
Dumas-Mallet E, Gonon F.
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Biological psychiatry in perspective [PDF]
Biological psychiatry is a technical term that denotes physiological and biochemical approaches to psychiatric aetiology and, despite the usual wider meaning of the word biological, excludes psychosocial approaches. 'Biological' causes of severe psychiatric disorder have been suspected from the earliest times, and in some periods an excessive focus ...
Michael Gelder
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Clinician guidelines for the treatment of psychiatric disorders with nutraceuticals and phytoceuticals: The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) and Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) Taskforce [PDF]
Objectives The therapeutic use of nutrient-based ‘nutraceuticals’ and plant-based ‘phytoceuticals’ for the treatment of mental disorders is common; however, despite recent research progress, there have not been any updated global clinical guidelines ...
Jerome Sarris+30 more
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