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Review
. 1998 Apr;155(4):457-69.
doi: 10.1176/ajp.155.4.457.

A new intellectual framework for psychiatry

E R Kandel  1
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A new intellectual framework for psychiatry

E R Kandel. Am J Psychiatry. 1998 Apr.

Abstract

In an attempt to place psychiatric thinking and the training of future psychiatrists more centrally into the context of modern biology, the author outlines the beginnings of a new intellectual framework for psychiatry that derives from current biological thinking about the relationship of mind to brain. The purpose of this framework is twofold. First, it is designed to emphasize that the professional requirements for future psychiatrists will demand a greater knowledge of the structure and functioning of the brain than is currently available in most training programs. Second, it is designed to illustrate that the unique domain which psychiatry occupies within academic medicine, the analysis of the interaction between social and biological determinants of behavior, can best be studied by also having a full understanding of the biological components of behavior.

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  • Kandel's challenge to psychoanalysts.
    Olds DD, Glick RA. Olds DD, et al. Am J Psychiatry. 1999 Apr;156(4):662-3; author reply 665-6. doi: 10.1176/ajp.156.4.662a. Am J Psychiatry. 1999. PMID: 10200758 No abstract available.
  • Kandel's challenge to psychoanalysts.
    Rifkin A. Rifkin A. Am J Psychiatry. 1999 Apr;156(4):663; author reply 665-6. doi: 10.1176/ajp.156.4.663. Am J Psychiatry. 1999. PMID: 10200759 No abstract available.
  • Kandel's challenge to psychoanalysts.
    Moore DP. Moore DP. Am J Psychiatry. 1999 Apr;156(4):663-4. doi: 10.1176/ajp.156.4.663a. Am J Psychiatry. 1999. PMID: 10200760 No abstract available.
  • Kandel's challenge to psychoanalysts.
    Berman LH. Berman LH. Am J Psychiatry. 1999 Apr;156(4):664. doi: 10.1176/ajp.156.4.664. Am J Psychiatry. 1999. PMID: 10200761 No abstract available.
  • Kandel's challenge to psychoanalysts.
    Shevrin H. Shevrin H. Am J Psychiatry. 1999 Apr;156(4):664. doi: 10.1176/ajp.156.4.664a. Am J Psychiatry. 1999. PMID: 10200762 No abstract available.
  • Kandel's challenge to psychoanalysts.
    Hierholzer R. Hierholzer R. Am J Psychiatry. 1999 Apr;156(4):664-5. doi: 10.1176/ajp.156.4.664b. Am J Psychiatry. 1999. PMID: 10200763 No abstract available.
  • Kandel's challenge to psychoanalysts.
    Alarcon RD. Alarcon RD. Am J Psychiatry. 1999 Apr;156(4):665-6. doi: 10.1176/ajp.156.4.665a. Am J Psychiatry. 1999. PMID: 10200764 No abstract available.

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