Understanding mental disorders : a philosophical approach to the medicine of the mind / Daniel Lafleur, Christopher Mole, and Holly Onclin

Author: Lafleur, Daniel
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Copyright Date: ©2019
Physical Description: xiii, 163 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Additional Creators: Mole, Christopher, 1979- and Onclin, Holly

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Contents

What is mental disorder? -- What makes a mental disorder mental? -- What makes a mental disorder disordered? -- Two ways in which social factors can contribute to mental disorder -- Are we changing people when we should be changing societies? -- Sexuality and disobedience -- Psychiatric diagnosis -- Psychiatry without diagnostic categories? -- Categories unlike chemistry's -- Giving the brain no more than its due.

Summary

Understanding Mental Disorders aims to help current and future psychiatrists, and those who work with them, to think critically about the ethical, conceptual, and methodological questions that are raised by the theory and practice of psychiatry--back cover.

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9781138340831 hardcover alkaline paper
1138340839 hardcover alkaline paper
1138340855 paperback alkaline paper
9781138340855 paperback alkaline paper

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-159) and index.

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