Integrating Evolutionary, Cultural, and Computational Psychiatry: A Multilevel Systemic Approach

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Axel Constant²  Laurence J. Kirmayer³  Paul Badcock⁴  Karl Friston⁵ 

[1] Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia;Department of Philosophy, The University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW, Australia;Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada;Orygen, Parkville, VIC, Australia;Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom;

关键词: cultural psychiatry;    computational psychiatry;    computational phenotyping;    major depressive disorder (MDD);    evolutionary psychiatry;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyt.2022.763380

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper proposes an integrative perspective on evolutionary, cultural and computational approaches to psychiatry. These three approaches attempt to frame mental disorders as multiscale entities and offer modes of explanations and modeling strategies that can inform clinical practice. Although each of these perspectives involves systemic thinking, each is limited in its ability to address the complex developmental trajectories and larger social systemic interactions that lead to mental disorders. Inspired by computational modeling in theoretical biology, this paper aims to integrate the modes of explanation offered by evolutionary, cultural and computational psychiatry in a multilevel systemic perspective. We apply the resulting Evolutionary, Cultural and Computational (ECC) model to Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) to illustrate how this integrative approach can guide research and practice in psychiatry.

【 授权许可】

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