THE CONTRIBUTION OF CYBERNETICS TO THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Abstract
The interest of the pioneers of cybernetics in psychopathology is illustrated. Examples are given of the application of cybernetics to psychopathology, from Wiener onwards. It is argued that cybernetics raises the possibility of a laboratory science of psychopathology. The computer modelling of psychopathological processes is examined, as is the relevance of channel capacity. Some cybernetic approaches to psychosis are reviewed. It is argued that cybernetics provides potential alternative diagnostic methods, based not on static diagnostic entities but on process, and suggests science‐based treatment possibilities.
Citation
CLIFFE, M.J. (1984), "THE CONTRIBUTION OF CYBERNETICS TO THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY", Kybernetes, Vol. 13 No. 2, pp. 93-98. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005679
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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