Psychotherapy, dynamic psychiatry, and neuroscience

The exciting information engendered by developments in neuroscience are essential in understanding the mechanisms of various psychiatric disorders as influenced by psychosocial forces. Contemporary psychiatric research has conclusively demonstrated that mind/brain responds to biological and social vectors and its jointly constructed by both. Major brain pathways are specified in the genome, detailed connections are fashioned by the consequently reflect socially mediated experience in the world.

Treatment of mental illness in the Philippines: a historical perspective

The evolution of the treatment of mental illness in the Philippines closely follows path that is taken in Europe and America. The Philippines shares a common language with the rest of the world in the conceptualization and management of mental illness. The history of the treatment of mental illness in the Philippines paints an optimistic view of our future development.