«A lot of quotes, a lot of grief, but little scientific» A few comments on the discussion (questions to the authors of the review and article) «The crisis of natural science and humanitarian approaches in psychiatry»

Abstract

The discourse is based on a review (article) by I.M.Zislin on an article by N.G. Neznanov et al. (Review of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology. 2019;1: 8-15). Based on the methodology and philosophy of science, the key words of the review are discussed. The subject of psychiatry as a medical (clinical) science is analyzed — the same for all its sections, taking into account the principle of demarcation. The humanitarian approach is reduced to the humanitarian (axiological, pragmatic) paradigm of psychiatry, in particular, the crisis of psychology. The importance of including spirituality in the biopsychosocial model (BPS model), mainly through psychotherapy, is pointed out.

Keywords

• the subject of psychiatry
• the crisis of the humanitarian paradigm
• the bps model and the spirituality of psychotherapy