Psychiatry's history is bipolar--swinging between obsession with the mind, and the brain. We've now had forty-plus years of biological dominance, and pharmacological interventions. But recent neurophysiological evidence suggests that the brain-mind might be using nucleic acids to execute digital data storage and processing, much like our computers do. If so, then psychiatry's current model could become obsolete, with a resurgence of psychological therapies--including some that we've never imagined. Hey Pharma, looks bad for business!
Psychiatry's history is bipolar--swinging between obsession with the mind, and the brain. We've now had forty-plus years of biological dominance, and pharmacological interventions. But recent neurophysiological evidence suggests that the brain-mind might be using nucleic acids to execute digital data storage and processing, much like our computers do. If so, then psychiatry's current model could become obsolete, with a resurgence of psychological therapies--including some that we've never imagined. Hey Pharma, looks bad for business!