Löffler-Stastka H, Dietrich D, Sauter T, Fittner M, Steinmair D. Simulating the mind and applications – a theory-based chance for understanding psychic transformations in somatic symptom disorders. World J Meta-Anal 2021; 9(6): 474-487 [DOI: 10.13105/wjma.v9.i6.474]
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Henriette Löffler-Stastka, MD, Director, Dean, Professor, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Vienna 1090, Austria. henriette.loeffler-stastka@meduniwien.ac.at
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Psychiatry
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World J Meta-Anal. Dec 28, 2021; 9(6): 474-487 Published online Dec 28, 2021. doi: 10.13105/wjma.v9.i6.474
Simulating the mind and applications – a theory-based chance for understanding psychic transformations in somatic symptom disorders
Henriette Löffler-Stastka, Dietmar Dietrich, Thilo Sauter, Martin Fittner, Dagmar Steinmair
Henriette Löffler-Stastka, Dagmar Steinmair, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
Dietmar Dietrich, Thilo Sauter, Martin Fittner, Institute of Computer Technology, TU Wien, Vienna 1040, Austria
Thilo Sauter, Center for Integrated Sensor Systems, Danube University Krems, Wiener Neustadt 2700, Austria
Dagmar Steinmair, University Hospital St. Pölten, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, St. Pölten 3100, Austria
Author contributions: Löffler-Stastka H and Dietrich D conceived the topic and concepted the manuscript; Löffler-Stastka H, Dietrich D, Sauter T, Steinmair D and Fittner M wrote the manuscript; Dietrich D, Sauter T, Loeffler-Stastka H and Fittner M contributed to discussion; Sauter T, Löffler-Stastka H made critical revision; Steinmair D performed editing; Dietrich D and Fittner M performed literature review.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no conflict of interest regarding our manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Henriette Löffler-Stastka, MD, Director, Dean, Professor, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Vienna 1090, Austria. henriette.loeffler-stastka@meduniwien.ac.at
Received: August 31, 2021 Peer-review started: August 31, 2021 First decision: November 8, 2021 Revised: November 15, 2021 Accepted: December 24, 2021 Article in press: December 24, 2021 Published online: December 28, 2021 Processing time: 118 Days and 21.2 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: For the sciences of the mind, especially to understand psychic transformations, a profound interdisciplinary discourse is necessary to bridge the gap between the brain–mind interface, the physical and the information technology fields. The Mealy model guarantees an exact merging of the neurological and the mental domains according to strict scientific principles. The domain of somatic symptom disorders offers a way to put the focus on the individual patient’s psychodynamic balance and conflicts and their condensation in the symptom. To understand psychic transformation, to simulate pathogenetic and therapeutic pathways, the simulating the mind and applications model is helpful to provide further process- and even translational research.
