Oxford Textbook Of Philosophy And Psychiatry [EPUB]

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E-Book Overview

Mental health research and care in the twenty first century faces a series of conceptual and ethical challenges arising from unprecedented advances in the neurosciences, combined with radical cultural and organisational change. The Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry is aimed at all those responding to these challenges, from professionals in health and social care, managers, lawyers and policy makers; service users, informal carers and others in the voluntary sector; through to philosophers, neuroscientists and clinical researchers. Organised around a series of case studies in five key topic areas - concepts of disorder, the philosophical history of psychopathology, philosophy of science, ethics and philosophical value theory, and philosophy of mind - the book provides a detailed introduction to the field and a framework for study and skill development. Each case study is supported by selected readings from both philosophy and mental health, thinking skills exercises, self-test questions, key learning points and detailed guides to further reading. There is an introduction for philosophers to classification and descriptive psychopathology, and for practitioners to philosophical methods (including logic). The philosophical topics covered include philosophical methods (analytic and Continental); phenomenology, hermeneutics and existentialism, logical empiricism and its successors; idealism and realism; reasons and causes; and modern theories of mind and brain, free will and personal identity. Topics from mental health include psychiatry and 'anti-psychiatry'; Jaspers' psychopathology and the new neurosciences; the future of psychiatric classifications; strengths-based approaches, recovery practice, social inclusion and diversity; and key topics in psychopathology, such as delusion, autism, disorders of volition, thought insertion and other experiences in schizophrenia. The Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry aims to secure the skills-base of the discipline by bringing philosophers closer to the realities of practice in mental health, and mental health practitioners closer to the resources of philosophy as a partner to the sciences in responding to the challenges of twenty-first century mental health and social care.

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E-Book Information

• Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry

• Year: 2,006

• Language: English

• Topic: 198

• Identifier: 0198526954,9780198526957

• Asin: B000N5DFHW

• Ddc: 616.89/001

• Lcc: RC437.5 .F85 2006

• Org File Size: 9,034,006

• Extension: epub

• Tags: Philosophy Psychiatry

• Toc: 1. Progress in five parts I: Core concepts in philosophy and mental health 2. Philosophical problems in mental health practice and research 3. Experiences good and bad: an introduction to psychopathology, classification, and diagnosis for philosophers 4. Philosophical methods in mental health practice and research 5. Arguments good and bad: an introduction to philosophical logic for practitioners 6. Philosophical outputs in mental health practice and research