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Re: Implications of neuroscientific research for therapy

--- In cfntherapy@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Batts" <ken@k...> wrote:
> --- In cfntherapy@yahoogroups.com, "Will" <will_g_davidson@y...> wrote:
In other words,
> > neurosis can be explained through the general adaptability of
> > brain mechanisms

> The "in other words," section above sounds off though. That's like saying lung
cancer in
> smokers can be explained through the general adaptibility of lung mechanisms.
Yes but
> mainly no! Focussing on the lungs blinds us to the obvious truth that lung
cancer is
> caused by smoking. Analogously, neurosis is caused by outrageously bad
information,
to
> which no brain could be expected to adapt.
>
> Ken

Or maybe I'm misinterpreting the text. Does it mean that neurosis is caused when
the
information is too faulty for the brain to adapt to healthfully? If that's what
they mean, I
agree. I suppose I could read the whole paper.....

Ken





Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:48 am

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Thought this looked like good background material should people want a physicalist perspective: http://www.cip-medien.com/01_ImplicationsStorch.pdf Tom CFN...
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<<<KOUKKOU and LEHMANN see this neuroscientific conception as an alternative to the psychoanalytic conflict model, stating that the pathogenesis of neurosis...
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Will: I agree that we are all neurotic to some extent, we don't divide into two discrete groups, one neurotic and one non-neurotic. I think neurosis is formed...
Ken Batts
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... This definition of neurosis jibes completely with mine. What we're saying is that the "quality of knowledge" conveyed to children is extremely bad. Parents...
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... In other words, ... to ... Or maybe I'm misinterpreting the text. Does it mean that neurosis is caused when the information is too faulty for the brain to...
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