Because psychology research is more and more inclined to brain physiology or neuroscience, doesn't psychology become brain physiology or neuroscience? Is there still a subject of psychology? Is there still a psychologist?
Many topics of brain physiology are already taken place by psychology. As if physiology has reached the limit, that none can be improved anymore.
But I believe that the physiology of soul is still important. It can relate to traditional cultures that difficult to be explained phenomenon.
For examples : the "Leak" in Bali,
The "Prajna Paramita" phylosophi, etc.
But sometimes many people think that is not part of science. Only "local religi"
As long as there is psychopathology and suffering related to psychopathology, there will be a need for psychology and improved treatment options. Telling a client that his anxiety is mediated by their amygdala won't cure their suffering from anxiety.
There are actually two answers to this question (at least). If by psychology we mean "clinical psychology" - which these days essentially boils down to evidence-based therapies such as CBT, then there will be a certain need for it in so far as professional practitioners are required to stand as bulwarks against charlatan therapies. As for the effectiveness of clinical psychology, that is an unknown. It depends more on the clients, whether they are susceptible to non-pharmacological (or other direct medical) interventions. As for "psychology" in the broader sense, understanding who we are as human beings, ranging from the behavioral to the metaphysical, psychology in the traditional sense will probably become subsumed under the broader field of neuroscience, where neuroscience approximately ranges from physiology to cognitive behavior.
Robert Dielenberg
I refer to "psychological research". As you mean, it will disappear.
Robert Dielenberg
But I don't think it will go away, but if the current approach (experiment) and direction (neuroscience) continues, then it will go away.
I am not at all apprehensive about disappearance of Psychology in near future.Being a student of Zoology, I do understand that our neuroendocrine regulatory system is the core element of this field of study.In my opinion, rapidly growing subarea of Neuroscience helps us understand mechanisms of brain functions in a better way and presumably proves of great help in acquiring basic learning of Psychology with precision and perfection. In the present era of interdisciplinary research, different branches of knowledge seemingly supplement each other.Psyche or mindset of an individual at any age could be thought to determine behavioural responses to all sorts of external or internal stimuli of varied intensities and urgencies.I personally feel that knowing the thought process is of paramount importance in deciding individual functionality during ageing and senescence.Emotions,motives,moods,
attitudes,temperaments and other feelings perhaps build up our persona and influence our way of thinking.At least from gerontological viewpoint, relevance of Psychology will never fade. Branches of Psychology such that Child Psychology, Adolescent Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Geropsychology and Criminology-believably an allied emerging field of Psychology are likely to get more and more researchers in coming years.
It may not be out of place to reveal that Psychology did help me in a big way in writing and publishing my paper on suicide. Hence for me Psychology will stay long with us and I am sure of it.
There is a need to understand the art of thinking. Though our brain physiology and neural tracts play a prominent role in who we are and how we operate, an individual must move with deliberation and consciousness to alter the established processes. The behavioral and cognitive aspects are addressed through psychology, which then leads to changes in neural pathways and brain coherence can improve.
Am 100% sure that psychology will never disappear because, it has come to my understanding that our daily lives are determined by psychology
I don’t think so . It should go in hands with neuro but can’t remove it completely. It has separate significance that can’t be merge with neuropsychology.
From the point of view of IH and CSF disturbances I would say that CSF disturbances explain most of psychiatry. No problem if both systems stay but to put more weight on CSF as the cause. We have also the residual injuries of frontal and temporal lobes as well as congenital lesions which may not be repairable as examples. In these cases antipsychiatric treatment have the main role.
Psychology is a separate discpline explaining normal behavior and things like motivation, education and personal relations.
I am expecting psychiatry to be affected more as CSF research advances. A key point in this research would be non-invasive monitoring. Other advances of course would be neurosurgical and medical treatments.
@Tobias Buchborn
Agree. But what is the pathology affecting the amygdala. It could be IH and so we have to diagnose and treat it. Possibly without any drugs or other psychological therapies.
This is dear Tobias is under recognised.
As an example I was born with IH and diagnosed first time at age of 57.
Describing normal behavior (psychology) is a specialisation that allows also recognition and description of abnormal behavior.
There are 4 schools describing etiology of psychiatric illnesses. Biological school is progressively winning with time more and more at the expense of the other 3 schools. Here role of neurology and neurosurgery will get more weight with time.
At all instances anti psychiatric treatment would be a needed tool to calm the patient down if necessary until we have reached a definitive diagnosis or if residual symptoms are still there after implementing the definitive treatment (e.g, tumor excision or shunt implantation).
Avoiding anti psychiatric treatment after definitive management is obviously much better to be able to monitor results of a surgical intervention.
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