Reflections on brain and mind

Abstract

A comprehensive and coherent picture of the brain-mind relationship can only arise from a combination of subjective experience and scientific objectivity. Current developments in the understanding of brain functions are reviewed in a clinical context. The authors discuss neuroscientific advances in the fields of consciousness, memory, emotions, language, trauma and pain. They explore how stressful events impact mental health and interrupt the continuity of one's sense of self. Neurological and mental affections find expression in somatisation, dreams and narratives, and reveal coping and grieving processes.