Despite the attempt of many to reduce psychiatry to the limits of their minds, psychiatry remains four dimensional: biological, psychological, sociological and spiritual.
The biological basis of psychiatry is all that relates to the physical aspects.. Neurology, of course, the neurosciences, and neurochemistry, psychopharmacology, anatomy, and neurotransmitters, hormones, and vascular and immunological process. This includes all the lab offers the the imaging associated. Some would reduce psychiatry to this dimension alone making it a kind of weak sister to neurology. Naturally I disagree,
The psychological basis of psychiatry is more about the understanding of the processes of reinforcement, behaviour, insight, reflection, thinking, emotions, intelligence, and reflection. It refers mostly to the individual. Psychologists would argue that they now ‘own’ psychology when indeed psychologists began as the assistants to psychiatrists in general and the ‘turf’ wars today are academic. These fields are clearly overlapping especially in the clinical realm.
The sociological basis of psychiatry is the interactions of the individual and the group, the stresses of interaction in family, work and play. Sociology, anthropology, history, art, war, politics and group behaviour in general are all part of this dimension and more.
The spiritual basis of psychiatry refers to the aspects of self reflection, the very nature of self, the idea of purpose and meaning and relationship of the gestalt, one and whole, the whole basis of philosophy and religion and the essence of life and death. All aspects of awareness, time, perception and existence are the realm of psychiatry.
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