A Biosemiotic Approach to the Biopsychosocial Understanding of Disease Adjustment

Giorgi, Franco; Tramonti, Francesco; Fanali, Annibale

doi:10.1007/s12304-020-09394-9

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“…80 Reconciling matter with meaning or bridging neuroscience and the phenomenology of subjective being within a realm of inescapable relationships could be the great challenge of mental health today. 84 These perspectives also point to the evidence of relationships as core elements of both psychological well-being and effective treatment. It is evident that the quality of interpersonal relationships is a key factor in determining personal quality of life, 85,86 such as it is also evident that the quality of therapeutic relationships is a decisive factor for the efficacy of mental health interventions.…”

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“…Building on the lesson of Alfred N. Whitehead, Stenner clearly describes such a polarization of thoughts and disciplines, with natural sciences primarily concerned with the study of ‘matter with no meaning’, and humanities and social sciences devoted to the analysis of ‘meaning divorced from matter’ 80 . Reconciling matter with meaning or bridging neuroscience and the phenomenology of subjective being within a realm of inescapable relationships could be the great challenge of mental health today 84 …”

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Thick description and systems thinking: Reiterating the importance of a biopsychosocial approach to mental health

Fanali¹,

Giorgi

Tramonti³

2022

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Study AimsThe article aims at reiterating the importance of a biopsychosocial approach to mental health, taking stock of the critiques that have been raised and moving forward throughout a reconsideration of the theoretical background of systems thinking and emphasizing the relevance of the concept of thick description for the promotion of an adequate reflection on methodology and case formulation.Literature ReviewIt is our opinion that the biopsychosocial approach is still a powerful framework for making sense of the growing data collected in the different fields related to mental health and for designing proper treatment plans. A crucial challenge for mental health is that of surpassing the dichotomies and ideological disputes that still contaminate the field with detrimental effects on the advancement of knowledge and on the integration and continuity of different kind of interventions.ConclusionsThe time is ripe for building bridges among neuroscience, humanities and social sciences, and this can only happen within the umbrella of a biopsychosocial perspective reinstated into its systems thinking background.

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Thick description and systems thinking: Reiterating the importance of a biopsychosocial approach to mental health

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Giorgi

Tramonti³

2022

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“…Such intersystemic activity features top-down/bottom-up regulatory circuits that are flexible enough to maintain the hierarchy's systemic integrity in the presence of stress. However, when stress is too great, this equilibrium is disturbed, leading to dysfunctional and disordered activity affecting all levels simultaneously in a contextually dependent manner (8).…”

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