Ecopsychiatry
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Ecopsychiatry is an interdisciplinary field that applies ecological principles and insights to the theory and practice of psychiatry and neuropsychiatry. The term was coined in the late 1970s by the American Psychiatric Association by relating the environment to mental health and disorders.[1] The concept mainly derives from the genetic corrections to the environmental factors of micro- and mini-nuclear interactions.[2]
Conceptual development
[edit]In the reconfiguration of psychiatry according to information flows and human migrations, the Lancet Global Mental Health Group propelled the emerging field of global mental health (GMH) between 2007 and 2011, which laid a humanistic perspective in global mental health equity and equality. The identification of environmental and social determinants of health falls within the framework of ecopsychiatry, such as transcultural psychiatry. According to C. Gauld and J.-A. Micoulaud-Franchi, ecopsychology can be described as the study of the relationship between (i) human-caused change and destruction of the natural world and (ii) the psychological distress and (mental) disorders resulting from the growing experience of separation between the human and natural worlds.[3] The concept falls into a duality with telepsychiatry, where the methods of delivery in pragmatism and utilities is challenged by the concern itself.[4]
Popular culture and public concern
[edit]Public awareness on the academic and scientific field started to stem from the debates on the 5th generation networks that can affect the brain waves in public health with strong electromagnetic waves in the environment.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Loganovsky, Konstantin N.; Loganovskaja, Tatiana; Marazziti, Donatella (2019). "Ecological Psychiatry/Neuropsychiatry: Is it the Right Time for its Revival?". Clinical Neuropsychiatry. 16 (2): 124. PMC 8650172. PMID 34908946.
- ^ Kühn, Simone; Gallinat, Jürgen (2024). "Environmental neuroscience unravels the pathway from the physical environment to mental health". Nat. Mental Health. 2 (3): 263–269. doi:10.1038/s44220-023-00137-6.
- ^ Gauld, C.; Micoulaud-Franchi, J.-A. (2022). "Environmental psychiatry: A proposed framework to address the global mental health burden". L'Encéphale. 48 (5): 487–489. doi:10.1016/j.encep.2022.08.010. PMID 36114034.
- ^ Malhotra, Savita; Chakrabarti, Subho; Shah, Ruchita (2013). "Telepsychiatry: Promise, potential, and challenges". Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 55 (1): 3–11. doi:10.4103/0019-5545.105499. PMC 3574452. PMID 23441027.
- ^ "5G and Mental Health: Is Wireless Technology Messing with Our Minds?". Prime Psychiatry. Prime Psychiatry. 2024.
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