{"title":"Ethological research in psychiatry","authors":"Tyge Schelde","doi":"10.1016/0162-3095(94)90008-6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ethological or behavioral psychiatry is a young discipline—only 20–30 years old. It is defined as the empirical and evolutionary study of nonverbal behavior observed in patients with psychiatric disorders. This paper gives a short survey of the theoretical and methodological background of this research. At the same time, some trends and results are elucidated. An attempt is made to emphasize both theoretical perspectives and clinical implications. As a new dimension in psychiatry, ethological-psychiatric research can contribute to diagnostics, treatment assessment, staff-patient interaction, doctor-patient interviews, prediction of medication response, prediction of approximate hospital stay, and suggested environmental therapies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":81211,"journal":{"name":"Ethology and sociobiology","volume":"15 5","pages":"Pages 349-368"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0162-3095(94)90008-6","citationCount":"17","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Ethology and sociobiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0162309594900086","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Ethological or behavioral psychiatry is a young discipline—only 20–30 years old. It is defined as the empirical and evolutionary study of nonverbal behavior observed in patients with psychiatric disorders. This paper gives a short survey of the theoretical and methodological background of this research. At the same time, some trends and results are elucidated. An attempt is made to emphasize both theoretical perspectives and clinical implications. As a new dimension in psychiatry, ethological-psychiatric research can contribute to diagnostics, treatment assessment, staff-patient interaction, doctor-patient interviews, prediction of medication response, prediction of approximate hospital stay, and suggested environmental therapies.