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THE CONTRIBUTION OF CYBERNETICS TO THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

MICHAEL J. CLIFFE

Kybernetes

ISSN: 0368-492X

Article publication date: 1 February 1984

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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

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1984, MCB UP Limited

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