Wetenschappelijk tijdschrift voor psychiaters, artsen in opleiding tot psychiater en andere geïnteresseerden
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Editorial

How are the psychiatric genetics?

ISSUE 2010/7
6 juli 2010
S.J. Claes
New research

Conscience development: a review of theory and research

ISSUE 2010/7
6 juli 2010
W. Stapert

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background Recent findings in the neurosciences have rekindled interest in disorders of conscience development. Most of the publications on this subject refer to existing theories about conscience development. But the question is whether ...

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Essay

Philosophy of science for psychiatric practice

ISSUE 2010/7
6 juli 2010
A.S.G. Ralston

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background The prevailing view is that psychiatry has its roots in two separate methodologies: the natural sciences and the social sciences. It is assumed that these are separate domains, each with its own way of knowing. Psychiatric and ps...

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Short report

Does psychotherapy alter the brain? A non-reductionist neurophilosophical perspective

ISSUE 2010/7
6 juli 2010
J. Vandenberghe, L. Van Oudenhove, S.E. Cuypers

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background Psychiatry and ‘philosophy of mind’ are both concerned with the study of the relationship between body/brain (‘physical’ domain) and mind (‘mental’ domain), but often there is little interaction between both disciplines. In conte...

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Letter to the editor

Reaction on ‘Antipsychotics and metabolic abnormalities in children and adolescents a review of the literature and some recommendations’

ISSUE 2010/7
8 juli 2010
Y. Roke