Psychiatry and Psychology

Metaphysical Mind-Body Relations

The relation between the mind and the body in a religious, social, spiritual, behavioral, and metaphysical context. This concept is significant in the field of alternative medicine. It differs from the relationship between physiologic processes and behavior where the emphasis is on the body's physiology ( = PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY).

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The relation between the mind and the body in a religious, social, spiritual, behavioral, and metaphysical context. This concept is significant in the field of alternative medicine. It differs from the relationship between physiologic processes and behavior where the emphasis is on the body's physiology ( = PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY).

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26 entry terms
  • Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysics)
  • Mind-Body Relations (Non-Physiology)
  • Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
  • Metaphysical Mind-Body Relation
  • Mind Body Relations (Metaphysics)
  • Mind Body Relations (Non Physiology)
  • Mind Body Relations, Metaphysical
  • Mind-Body Relation (Metaphysics)
  • Mind-Body Relation (Non-Physiology)
  • Mind-Body Relation, Metaphysical
  • Relation, Metaphysical Mind-Body
  • Relation, Mind-Body (Metaphysics)
  • Relation, Mind-Body (Non-Physiology)
  • Relations, Metaphysical Mind-Body
  • Relations, Mind-Body (Metaphysics)
  • Relations, Mind-Body (Non-Physiology)
  • Body-Mind Relations
  • Soul-Body Relations
  • Body Mind Relations
  • Body-Mind Relation
  • Relation, Body-Mind
  • Relation, Soul-Body
  • Relations, Body-Mind
  • Relations, Soul-Body
  • Soul Body Relations
  • Soul-Body Relation

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5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

important in alternative medicine; do not confuse with MIND-BODY RELATIONS (PHYSIOLOGY) see PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY where emphasis is on physiology

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History Note

2011; 1997-2010 use Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysics)

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  1. F02w.463w.509w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Metaphysical Mind-Body Relations. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019222. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019222
  2. Metaphysical Mind-Body Relations. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%E2%80%93body_problem
  3. Metaphysical Mind-Body Relations. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2741122