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On the ontological assumptions of the medical model of psychiatry: philosophical considerations and pragmatic tasks

Tejas Patil and James Giordano*

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2010, 5:3 doi:10.1186/1747-5341-5-3

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Differential susceptibility to plasticity: a 'missing link' between gene-culture co-evolution and neuropsychiatric spectrum disorders?

Rachel Wurzman, James Giordano BMC Medicine 2012, 10:37 (17 April 2012)

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Rachel Wurzman and James Giordano comment on Brunes concept of how genetic plasticity can be influenced by the environment, and explain how this hypothesis may provide new avenues for psychiatric research.

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A brief historicity of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Issues and implications for the future of psychiatric canon and practice

Shadia Kawa, James Giordano Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2012, 7:2 (13 January 2012)

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Working towards a new psychiatry - neuroscience, technology and the DSM-5

Sabina Alam, Jigisha Patel, James Giordano Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2012, 7:1 (13 January 2012)

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In response to the forthcoming release of the DSM-5, James Giordano and colleagues discuss the movement towards a new psychiatry resulting from influences of economic and socio-cultural forces and advances in diagnostic techniques and neurotechnology.