complexity – A New Vision for Mental Health

Systems all the way down: embracing complexity in mental health research

Author: Editorial 7th April 2022 0 Comments

This editorial by Eiko Fried and Donald Robinaugh has been published in BMC Medicine. The abstract says: “In this editorial for the collection on complexity in mental health research, we introduce and summarize the inaugural contributions to this collection: a series…
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a coherent system

BMC Medicine, complex adaptive systems, complexity, complexity science, complexity-based practice, Donald Robinaugh, Eiko Fried, system thinking

Maps of Meaning: Story and Metastory

Author: Editorial 16th June 2021 0 Comments

This video (see below) covers the first part (2 hours 22 minutes) of a very interesting and wide-ranging lecture from psychologist Prof. Jordan Peterson. Prof. Peterson says that people almost never come to him with mental illnesses – instead they come…
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a wellbeing society

belief systems, complexity, culture, Culture & Society, Jordan Peterson, meta-story, personal narrative, story, story-telling, values, videos

Complexity in Primary Care : Understanding its Value

Author: Editorial 5th September 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Keiran Sweeny. One review says: “Exeter general practitioner Kieran Sweeney presents an elegant ponderosity: that the explanatory model in contemporary medicine needs to be overhauled to accommodate plurality of world views. This book’s strength…
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collaborative practice

books, Clients & Patients, complexity, complexity-based practice, evidence-based medicine, General Practitioners, Kieran Sweeney, non-linear paradigm, primare care, qualitative research

The Philosophy of Complexity

Author: Editorial 10th May 2019 0 Comments

The emerging field of Complexity Science is highly relevant to the ecological paradigm for mental health that we are proposing. In The Philosophy of Complexity , Chris Lucas identifies three main strands in complexity thought: Systems thinking (incorporating cybernetics) which relates to non-specific systems. Organic thinking (including evolution) relating…
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a coherent system

attractor landscapes, Chris Lucas, complexity, complexity science, cybernetics, evolution, New Approaches, organic thinking, philosophy of science, systems theory

The Foundations of Primary Care: Daring to Be Different

Author: Editorial 10th December 2018 0 Comments

Joachim Sturmberg and James Dearman are the authors of this book , a book that is relevant to both mental and biophysical healthcare. The publishers say: “…This ground-breaking book encourages a re-focus on the subjective and social nature of health and…
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a coherent system

books, complexity, healthcare system, history of medicine, holism, James Dearman, Joachim Sturmberg, philosophy of medicine, primary care, social nature of health and illness, subjectivity