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15Resolution of the polarisation of ideologies and approaches in psychiatryMens Sana Monographs 2 (2): 5. 2004.The uniqueness of Psychiatry as a medical speciality lies in the fact that aside from tackling what it considers as illnesses, it has perchance to comment on and tackle many issues of social relevance as well. Whether this is advisable or not is another matter; but such a process is inevitable due to the inherent nature of the branch and the problems it deals with. Moreover this is at the root of the polarization of psychiatry into opposing psychosocial and biological schools. This gets reflecte…Read more
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Medical Practice, Psychiatry And The Pharmaceutical Industry: And Ever The Trio Shall Meet-I: The Connection Between Academia and IndustryMens Sana Monographs. 2005a Ii 6. 2005.
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16To cure sometimes, to comfort always, to hurt the least, to harm neverMens Sana Monographs 4 (1): 8. 2006.
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25My Close Friends Lurk All Around The House, And He Knows Not!Mens Sana Monographs 7 (1): 93. 2009._Technology is a woman's best friend. Gadgets, appliances and contraception make life easy for the present day working woman. Men barely realize the importance of these even if they appear to agree to their use._
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20Humanity at the Crossroads: Does Sri Aurobindo offer an alternative?Mens Sana Monographs 7 (1): 110. 2009._In the light of Sri Aurobindo's philosophy, this paper looks into some of the problems of contemporary man as an individual, a member of society, a citizen of his country, a component of this world, and of nature itself. Concepts like Science; Nature,;Matter; Mental Being; Mana-purusa; Prana-purusa; Citta-purusa; Nation-ego and Nation-soul; True and False Subjectivism; World-state and World-union; Religion of Humanism are the focus of this paper. Nature: Beneath the diversity and uniqueness of …Read more
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12Guideline Standardisation, Cost Effectiveness, Industry Needs and Conflict of InterestMens Sana Monographs 5 (1): 56. 2007.
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13Guidelines, Editors, Pharma And The Biological Paradigm ShiftMens Sana Monographs 5 (1): 27. 2007.
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15Emphasising prevention, developing therapies, complementing approachesMens Sana Monographs 3 (2): 15. 2005.
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31Notes on a Few Issues in the Philosophy of PsychiatryMens Sana Monographs 7 (1): 128. 2009._The first part called the Preamble tackles: (a) the issues of silence and speech, and life and disease; (b) whether we need to know some or all of the truth, and how are exact science and philosophical reason related; (c) the phenomenon of Why, How, and What; (d) how are mind and brain related; (e) what is robust eclecticism, empirical/scientific enquiry, replicability/refutability, and the role of diagnosis and medical model in psychiatry; (f) bioethics and the four principles of beneficence, …Read more
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University of Wisconsin, OshkoshGraduate student
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |