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Philosophical issues in psychiatry. edited by Kenneth S. Kendler; Josef Parnas III, The nature and sources of historical change /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry | International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatryPublication details: New York, New York : Oxford University Press, ©2015.Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780198725978
  • 0198725973
Other title:
  • Nature and sources of historical change [Parallel title]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.89 23 KEN
Contents:
Section 1 Objectivity and scientific change Section 2 Change in psychopathology Section 3 Scientific disagreement in the medical context Section 4 The social, the cultural, and psychiatric kinds Section 5 The psychiatric history of the diencephalon Section 6 The history of psychiatry as interdisciplinary history Section 7 Psychiatry and psychoanalysis in the United States Section 8 The operational revolution Section 9 The evolution of genetic explanation in psychiatry Section 10 Psychiatry and evolution
Summary: Psychiatry has long struggled with the nature of its diagnoses. The problems raised by questions about the nature of psychiatric illness are particularly fascinating because they sit at the intersection of philosophy, empirical psychiatric/psychological research, measurement theory, historical tradition and policy. In being the only medical specialty that diagnoses and treats mental illness, psychiatry has been subject to major changes in the last 150 years. This book explores the forces that have shaped these changes and especially how substantial ""internal"" advances in our knowledge of the.
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Section 1 Objectivity and scientific change Section 2 Change in psychopathology Section 3 Scientific disagreement in the medical context Section 4 The social, the cultural, and psychiatric kinds Section 5 The psychiatric history of the diencephalon Section 6 The history of psychiatry as interdisciplinary history Section 7 Psychiatry and psychoanalysis in the United States Section 8 The operational revolution Section 9 The evolution of genetic explanation in psychiatry Section 10 Psychiatry and evolution

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Psychiatry has long struggled with the nature of its diagnoses. The problems raised by questions about the nature of psychiatric illness are particularly fascinating because they sit at the intersection of philosophy, empirical psychiatric/psychological research, measurement theory, historical tradition and policy. In being the only medical specialty that diagnoses and treats mental illness, psychiatry has been subject to major changes in the last 150 years. This book explores the forces that have shaped these changes and especially how substantial ""internal"" advances in our knowledge of the.

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