Need of the Hour: an Integration of the Brain and the Mind
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Recent advances in neurobiological data and theories have resulted in a tendency to look upon the mind and its disorders from a reductionistic and purely biological perspective. I Iowever it is also true that our increased understanding on the biological aspects of psychiatry still leaves us puzzled by the complex nature of the problems we have to deal with and skeptical about simple theories and explanations, whether they be from the field of biological sciences or behavioural sciences. What is required is an attempt to bring these all together in a manner meaningful and useful for both research and clinical work.
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