Psychiatry and the Biocognitive Model of Mind.
This is an outline of a model of mind developed with the purpose of taking psychiatry beyond the limits of biological psychiatry. Specifically, the intention is to write a theoretical basis for a molecular resolution of the mind-body problem, so that the mind takes primacy over the brain.
It is a humanist theory based in the idea that humans are sentient beings with highly-developed cognitive capacities but integrates biology at the sub-neuronal level.
The biocognitive model of mind leads directly to a formal model of mental disorder, including personality disorder and psychotic states. This dictates forms of treatment based in psychotherapy. Drug management of mental disorders is still useful, but is only of secondary importance.
