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Psychiatry and Psychology: The Wall

Psychiatry and Psychology: The Wall Abstract To the Editor— Holzman1 and, in reply, Brown2 have written about a differential "wall" that allows present-day psychiatry to be more open to advances from the neurosciences than from psychology. Although Brown rejected disciplinary chauvinism as the reason psychiatry and psychology are held apart, his explanation, based on the tension between teleologic and causal approaches, does not seem compelling, as such a tension exists in both psychiatry and psychology. Another, more basic explanation may be operative and suggests that the wall between psychiatry and psychology may work both ways.As one who has trained as a psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist, I have written that each group views even the same phenomena in the context of markedly different constructs.3 My article suggested that differences in training lead each group to think of science in separate ways. Most simplistically put, psychiatrists are more apt to see theories in References 1. Holzman PS: The fences of psychiatry . Am J Psychiatry 1985;142:217-218. 2. Brown T: Holzman's fences: Chauvinism or confusion? Arch Gen Psychiatry 1986;43:910-912.Crossref 3. Kingsbury SJ: Cognitive differences between clinical psychologists and psychiatrists . Am Psychol , in press. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of General Psychiatry American Medical Association

Psychiatry and Psychology: The Wall

Kingsbury, Steven J.
Archives of General Psychiatry , Volume 44 (4) – Apr 1, 1987
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Psychiatry and Psychology: The Wall

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Abstract To the Editor— Holzman1 and, in reply, Brown2 have written about a differential "wall" that allows present-day psychiatry to be more open to advances from the neurosciences than from psychology. Although Brown rejected disciplinary chauvinism as the reason psychiatry and psychology are held apart, his explanation, based on the tension between teleologic and causal approaches, does not seem compelling, as such a tension exists in both psychiatry and psychology....
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1987 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0003-990X
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1598-3636
DOI
10.1001/archpsyc.1987.01800160107014
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Abstract

Abstract To the Editor— Holzman1 and, in reply, Brown2 have written about a differential "wall" that allows present-day psychiatry to be more open to advances from the neurosciences than from psychology. Although Brown rejected disciplinary chauvinism as the reason psychiatry and psychology are held apart, his explanation, based on the tension between teleologic and causal approaches, does not seem compelling, as such a tension exists in both psychiatry and psychology. Another, more basic explanation may be operative and suggests that the wall between psychiatry and psychology may work both ways.As one who has trained as a psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist, I have written that each group views even the same phenomena in the context of markedly different constructs.3 My article suggested that differences in training lead each group to think of science in separate ways. Most simplistically put, psychiatrists are more apt to see theories in References 1. Holzman PS: The fences of psychiatry . Am J Psychiatry 1985;142:217-218. 2. Brown T: Holzman's fences: Chauvinism or confusion? Arch Gen Psychiatry 1986;43:910-912.Crossref 3. Kingsbury SJ: Cognitive differences between clinical psychologists and psychiatrists . Am Psychol , in press.

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Archives of General Psychiatry – American Medical Association

Published: Apr 1, 1987

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