Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry

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Oxford University Press, 2006 - Medical - 872 pages
IntroductionOrigins, outcomes and how to use this bookPart I - Core Concepts in Philosophy and Mental Health 1. Philosophical problems in mental health practice and research2. Arguments good and bad- an introduction to philosophical logic for practitioners3. Experiences good and bad- an introduction to psychopathology, classification and diagnosis for philosophers4. Philosophical methods in mental health practice and research5. Philosophical outputs in mental health practice and researchPart II - A Philosophical History of Psychopathology 6. A brief history of mental disorder7. Karl Jaspers and general psychopathology8. Phenomenology and psychopathology9. Psychopathology and the MethodenstreitPart III - Philosophy of Science and Mental Health 10. Psychoanalysis- an introduction to the philosophy of science11. Psychopathology and the theory dependence of data12. Natural classifications, realism and psychopathology13. Diagnosis, explanation and causal information14. Causes, laws and reasons in psychiatric aetiology15. Knowledge, research and evidence-based medicinePart IV - Values, Ethics and Mental Health 16. Tools of the trade- an introduction to psychiatric ethics17. From bioethics to values-based practice18. Its the law! Rationality and consent as a case study in mental health law19. Values in psychiatric diagnosis20. From bioethics to values-based practice in psychiatric diagnosisPart V - Philosophy of Mind and Mental Health 21. Mind, brain and mental illness- an introduction to the philosophy of mind22. The mind-body problem and mental health, a philosophical update23. Reasons and the content of mental states- Part I - reductionist theories24. Reasons and the content of mental states- Part II - Anti-reductionism and discursive psychology25. Agency, causation and freedom26. Knowledge of other minds27. Personal identity and schizophreniaAppendices

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About the author (2006)

Bill Fulford is at Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. Tim Thornton is at University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.

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