Psychiatry outside the framework of empiricism.

Journal: The Nigerian postgraduate medical journal

Volume: 24

Issue: 1

Year of Publication: 2019

Affiliated Institutions:  Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.

Abstract summary 

Science is interested in whatever that is empirical and objective. Any claim that cannot be objectively demonstrated has no place in science, because the subject does not deviate from the role, which it has set out to play in the life of mankind. Psychiatry, as a scientific discipline, plays along these basic principles. In the etiology, symptomatology, and management of psychiatric disorders, the biopsychosocial model recognizes the role of biological, psychological, and social factors. This essay views psychiatry from the biopsychosocial perspective and asserts that certain elements, which may not be readily and empirically verifiable, are important in the practice of psychiatry.

Authors & Co-authors:  Mume Celestine Okorome CO

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Doi : 10.4103/npmj.npmj_175_16
SSN : 1117-1936
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Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Empiricism
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Nigeria