Karl Jaspers, 1913. Credit: Wikicommons
Karl Jaspers, 1913. Credit: Wikicommons

"Our methods of investigating a human being do not give us any unitary picture of the individual but only a number of pictures each with its own specific and compelling force?"

Karl Jaspers

Models of Mind

Models of Mind

Models of Mind describes the main categories which shape psychiatrists' approach to and understanding of mental disorders. Clinically influential models include biological, psychodynamic, and cognitive, but there are many other influential models such as the social constructionist model or religious accounts of mental distress.

Models vary across history and in different cultures, and also evolve. The Trust seeks to explore the historical background and contemporary applications and implications of these models.

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