The contemporary brain disorders debate echoes a century-long conflict between two different approaches to mental suffering: one that relies on natural sciences and another drawing from the arts and humanities. We review contemporary neuroimaging studies and find that neither side has won. The study of mental differences needs both the sciences and the arts and humanities. To help develop an approach mindful of both, we turn to physician-writer Anton Chekhov’s story “A Nervous Breakdown.” We review the value of the arts and humanities as a coequal partner with natural sciences in the creation of a robust mental health humanities.

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脑部疾病辩论、契诃夫和心理健康人文学科

当代脑部疾病的争论与长达一个世纪的两种不同的精神痛苦方法之间的冲突相呼应：一种方法依赖于自然科学，另一种方法则依赖于艺术和人文学科。我们回顾了当代的神经影像学研究，发现双方都没有获胜。对心理差异的研究既需要科学，也需要艺术和人文学科。为了帮助制定一种兼顾两者的方法，我们求助于医生兼作家安东·契诃夫的故事《神经崩溃》。我们回顾艺术和人文学科作为与自然科学平等的伙伴在创建强大的心理健康人文学科方面的价值。