Action Changes the Brain, and the Brain Does Not Define Action:
a Lesson from Neuroscience on Certain Biases in the Clinical Context

Iudici, Antonio; Iacovello, Giovanni; Faccio, Elena

doi:10.1007/s41470-018-0016-5

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“…It is particularly relevant in the fields of medicine, psychiatry, and psychology. While in medicine there is a general consensus about diagnostic process, nosology, and the subsequent treatment through the use of the experimental method (Scandellari 1981), in disciplines concerned with diagnosing problems of the "psyche" there are several difficulties relating to the possibility of establishing what is normal or pathological, and criticisms of some of the tools and techniques used (Migone and de Girolamo 1995;Iudici, Iacovello and Faccio 2018).…”

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The Concept of “Normality” in Medical and Psychological Sciences: Differences and Interconnections

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Faccio³

2020

The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Commu

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The "normal-abnormal" continuum is one way to organize models of operational interventions, and to define various professional roles, especially in medicine, psychiatry, and psychology. In these fields the diagnostic process draws on the concept of normality to distinguish between healthy and pathological states and draws conclusions about prognosis, treatment, and cure. In psychiatry and psychology, unlike in medicine, diagnosis is often a problematic and controversial process because of the lack of clear boundaries between normal and psychopathological states. This has practical consequences for the work of professionals and the way patients are treated. In this work we make some epistemological observations about the relationship between diagnostic processes and normality. In particular, we consider some specific terms relating to the diagnostic process and the concept of "normality" in order to distinguish between the medical and clinical-psychological implications of intervention.

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confidence: 99%