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by orting 4193 days ago
In general I think the distinction between physical, neurological and psychological is peculiar. It suggests that the mind is not physical but a metaphysical entity that can be be analysed separately from the body and vice versa.

My experience with both mental illness and physical disease is that a systemic perspective is important if we are to avoid fixating on finding a specific diagnosis and instead focus on quality of life.

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The mind, at least from our perspective, does not operate like any physical thing. So until neurobiology can explain the psychological phenomena, we need to make the distinction.