since the process has already begun, but, rather, on what basis this redefinition will occur. . . . Some have suggested that this process should be a "remedi calization," with emphasis on de scriptive diagnosis and on psychopharmacology and somatic treatments. Others have called for a rejoining of psychiatry and neurology into a specialty of clinical neuroscience. Still others have cautioned against a biomedical reduc tion ist approach that abandons the holistic and hu manistic di mensions of present-day psychiatry.
Citing the increase in the body of knowledge of neurobiology and the somatic foundations of human psychological behavior, Lieber man and Rush advocate a redefinition of psychiatry that reflects advances in neuroscience and similar medical research rather than
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