The Philosophical Defence of Psychiatry
Routledge (1991)
| Abstract | Psychiatry is plagued with philosophical questions. What is a mental illness? Is it different from brain disease? Is there any objective way of determining whether behaviors such as criminal activity are mental illnesses? Should we explain "abnormal" behavior by reference to psychological forces, learning processes, social factors, or disease processes? This book aspires to answer these and other questions. Broadly divided into two halves, the first analyzes the arguments of psychiatry's critics and covers the philosophical ideas of such thinkers as Freud, Eysenck, Laing, Szasz, Sedgewick, and Foucault. The second aims to provide a resolution to the problems raised in the first half by establishing a philosophical defense of the theory and practice of psychiatry. Dr. Reznek's stimulating work is the first to provide a comprehensive philosophical account of the main issues in psychiatry, including free will and responsibility, the excusing power of mental illness, and involuntary hospitalization. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Mental illness Philosophy Psychiatry Philosophy Philosophy, Medical Psychiatry | |||||||||
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| Call number | RC437.5.R49 1991 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0415035937 9780415035934 | |||||||||
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