Systems thinking in psychiatry: some theoretical and clinical implications
- 1 July 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 140 (7) , 833-838
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.7.833
Abstract
The theoretical and pragmatic value of systems thinking in psychiatry is discussed. An awareness of the pluralistic, multifactorial orgins of psychopatholgy broadens the psychiatrist''s understanding and increases his or her therapeutic potential. The psychiatrist who thinks in systems terms is a true generalist in medicine, and to practice that way is the most effective way of treating people.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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