RDoC represent a new angle in the search for neurobiological markers but not a radical new departure. In fact, they maintain intact the established neurobiological view of mental disorder, with its focus on discrete biological mechanisms at the expense of a more integrated “ecosocial” approach (Kirmayer and Crafa 2014). In RDoC, biomarkers will no longer be coupled with DSM categories, but mental illnesses will remain defined as “biological disorders involving brain circuits that implicate specific domains of cognition, emotion, or behavior” (Insel 2013).
Inspired by the homonymous book by Fernando Vidal and Francisco Ortega, this timespace presents the authors' genealogy of the cerebral subject and the influence of the neurological discourse in human sciences, mental health and culture.
