The imaginary divide between mental and “physical” health: Dismantling dualism and reductionism to address a monumental mistake in medicine

2026/05/11 by Nicholas Fabiano, Marco Solmi, Kurt Kroenke +6 · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · Psychology · #Mental Health Treatment and Access #Mental Health and Psychiatry #Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

paper · doi:10.1002/jcv2.70123

openalex publication_date 2026/05/11 · openalex created_date 2026/05/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

Abstract

organized a special issue on the topic; yet since then, very few papers have focused on this area. As such, this editorial perspective aims not only to highlight the link between mental and other medical conditions, but also to (1) explore the origins of the divide between mental and "physical" health, (2) provide evidence that this so-called divide does not exist in actuality, (3) highlight the harms of maintaining such a divide, and (4) discuss strategies to bridge this divide to address this monumental mistake, which has been perpetuated throughout medicine.

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