Psycho-Bizarreness Theory: A Rational, Anti-psychiatric Theory of Madness | Chapter 11 | Current Progress in Arts and Social Studies Research Vol. 1

 

No theory is more emblematic of the modern crisis in psychopathology than the brain-disease model of schizophrenia. Theories that posit neurological origins for schizophrenia ignore the significant percentage of patients who display no brain abnormality or who recover without drugs. Psycho-Bizarreness Theory (PBT), detailed in this article, as well as in a recent book [1], is a new non-neurological theory of madness that views schizophrenia and other bizarre behaviors, such as criminal insanity and neurosis, as rational coping mechanisms. Certain people, in the face of intolerable stress, will unconsciously adopt a bizarre behavior precisely tailored to neutralize their stressor and to block stress-related thoughts. Their brain abnormalities serve primarily as sources of stress, not of disease. Thus, by abandoning the deterministic axiomatic assumption, common to all theories of traditional theories of psychopathology, and adopting the idea that madness is a rational coping mechanism, rather than a mental or neurological disease, the new theory is able to integrate the seemingly incompatible data, obtained by rival theories in this field, into one coherent theoretical system.

 

Author(s)details:-

 

Yacov Rofe
Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

 

Yochav Rofe
Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

 

Please See the book here :-  https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/cpassr/v1/580

Psycho-Bizarreness Theory: A Rational, Anti-psychiatric Theory of Madness | Chapter 11 | Current Progress in Arts and Social Studies Research Vol. 1

 

No theory is more emblematic of the modern crisis in psychopathology than the brain-disease model of schizophrenia. Theories that posit neurological origins for schizophrenia ignore the significant percentage of patients who display no brain abnormality or who recover without drugs. Psycho-Bizarreness Theory (PBT), detailed in this article, as well as in a recent book [1], is a new non-neurological theory of madness that views schizophrenia and other bizarre behaviors, such as criminal insanity and neurosis, as rational coping mechanisms. Certain people, in the face of intolerable stress, will unconsciously adopt a bizarre behavior precisely tailored to neutralize their stressor and to block stress-related thoughts. Their brain abnormalities serve primarily as sources of stress, not of disease. Thus, by abandoning the deterministic axiomatic assumption, common to all theories of traditional theories of psychopathology, and adopting the idea that madness is a rational coping mechanism, rather than a mental or neurological disease, the new theory is able to integrate the seemingly incompatible data, obtained by rival theories in this field, into one coherent theoretical system.

 

Author(s) Details:

 

Yacov Rofe

Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

 

Yochav Rofe

Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

 

 Please see the book here:   https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/cpassr/v1/580

Psycho-Bizarreness Theory: A Rational, Anti-psychiatric Theory of Madness| Chapter 11 | Current Progress in Arts and Social Studies Research Vol. 1

 

No theory is more emblematic of the modern crisis in psychopathology than the brain-disease model of schizophrenia. Theories that posit neurological origins for schizophrenia ignore the significant percentage of patients who display no brain abnormality or who recover without drugs. Psycho-Bizarreness Theory (PBT), detailed in this article, as well as in a recent book [1], is a new non-neurological theory of madness that views schizophrenia and other bizarre behaviors, such as criminal insanity and neurosis, as rational coping mechanisms. Certain people, in the face of intolerable stress, will unconsciously adopt a bizarre behavior precisely tailored to neutralize their stressor and to block stress-related thoughts. Their brain abnormalities serve primarily as sources of stress, not of disease. Thus, by abandoning the deterministic axiomatic assumption, common to all theories of traditional theories of psychopathology, and adopting the idea that madness is a rational coping mechanism, rather than a mental or neurological disease, the new theory is able to integrate the seemingly incompatible data, obtained by rival theories in this field, into one coherent theoretical system.

Author(s) Details:

Yacov Rofé
Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences, Bar‐Ilan University, Ramat‐Gan, Israel.

Yochav Rofé
Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences, Bar‐Ilan University, Ramat‐Gan, Israel.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/CPASSR-V1/article/view/15031

Has the DSM Failed?| Chapter 13 | Current Practice in Medical Science Vol. 9

 By causing diagnostic ambiguity across diagnoses, the DSM's consensus-driven and theoretical diagnostic classification system has grown increasingly difficult to integrate into clinical practise. It has also not adequately taken into account decades of aetiology study to help with diagnostic clarity. Contrary to long-standing clinical training traditions, it instructs physicians to utilise algorithmic/iterative methods of diagnosis. Academic institutions in the United States are now largely dependent on the DSM. This makes it a contradictory barrier to a true understanding of psychiatric problems and how to treat them.  

Author(s) Details:

Sumit Anand,
Ashburn Psychological and Psychiatric Services, 44095 Pipeline Plaza, Suite #240, Ashburn VA 20147, USA.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/CPMS-V9/article/view/8020