Oxford Textbook of Philosophy of Psychiatry

by Fulford, Bill; Thornton, Tim; Graham, George

• ISBN13: 9780198526940
• ISBN10: 0198526946
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This title includes the following features: The first of its kind - acore textbook for all trainee psychiatrists and mental health practitionersteaching them the philosophical underpinnings of psychiatric practice; Withphilosophy now making up part of the MRCPsych, all those wanting to becomepsychiatrists will need this book; Written to have broad international appeal toall those working in mental health services

Table of Contents

Introduction

Origins, outcomes and how to use this book

Core Concepts in Philosophy and Mental Health

Philosophical problems in mental health practice and research

Arguments good and bad: an introduction to philosophical logic for practitioners

Experiences good and bad: an introduction to psychopathology, classification and diagnosis for philosophers

Philosophical methods in mental health practice and research

Philosophical outputs in mental health practice and research

A Philosophical History of Psychopathology

A brief history of mental disorder

Karl Jaspers and general psychopathology

Phenomenology and psychopathology

Psychopathology and the 'Methodenstreit'

Philosophy of Science and Mental Health

Psychoanalysis: an introduction to the philosophy of science

Psychopathology and the theory dependence of data

Natural classifications, realism and psychopathology

Diagnosis, explanation and causal information

Causes, laws and reasons in psychiatric aetiology

Knowledge, research and evidence-based medicine

Vatues, Ethics and Mental Health

Tools of the trade: an introduction to psychiatric ethics

From bioethics to values-based practice

It's the law! Rationality and consent as a case study in mental health law

Values in psychiatric diagnosis

From bioethics to values-based practice in psychiatric diagnosis

Philosophy of Mind and Mental Health

Mind, brain and mental illness: an introduction to the philosophy of mind

The mind-body problem and mental health, a philosophical update

Reasons and the content of mental states: Part I - reductionist theories

Reasons and the content of mental states: Part II - Anti-reductionism and discursive psychology

Agency, causation and freedom

Knowledge of other minds

Personal identity and schizophrenia

Appendices

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