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Philosophy of Psychiatry: Elements in the Philosophy of Science

Autor Jonathan Y. Tsou
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 iul 2021
Jonathan Y. Tsou examines and defends positions on central issues in philosophy of psychiatry. The positions defended assume a naturalistic and realist perspective and are framed against skeptical perspectives on biological psychiatry. Issues addressed include the reality of mental disorders; mechanistic and disease explanations of abnormal behavior; definitions of mental disorder; natural and artificial kinds in psychiatry; biological essentialism and the projectability of psychiatric categories; looping effects and the stability of mental disorders; psychiatric classification; and the validity of the DSM's diagnostic categories. The main argument defended by Tsou is that genuine mental disorders are biological kinds with harmful effects. This argument opposes the dogma that mental disorders are necessarily diseases (or pathological conditions) that result from biological dysfunction. Tsou contends that the broader ideal of biological kinds offers a more promising and empirically ascertainable naturalistic standard for assessing the reality of mental disorders and the validity of psychiatric categories.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108706667
ISBN-10: 1108706665
Pagini: 75
Dimensiuni: 150 x 228 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.13 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Elements in the Philosophy of Science

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Introduction; 2. Skepticism about Biological Psychiatry; 3. Defining Mental Disorder; 4. Natural Kinds in Psychiatry; 5. Psychiatric Classification and the Pursuit of Diagnostic Validity; 6. Conclusion.

Descriere

Against the dogma that mental disorders are diseases, this Element argues that mental disorders are biological kinds with harmful effects.