Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry

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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. 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 II: A philosophical history of psychopathology 7. A brief history of mental disorder 8. Karl Jaspers and General Psychopathology 9. Phenomenology and psychopathology 10. Psychopathology and the 'Methodenstreit' III: Philosophy of science and mental health 11. Psychoanalysis: an introduction to the philosophy of science 12. Psychopathology and the theory dependence of data 13. Natural Classifications, Realism, and Psychiatric Science 14. Diagnosis, explanation, and tacit knowledge 15. Causes, laws, and reasons in psychiatric aetiology 16. Knowledge, research, and evidence-based medicine Conclusions to Part III IV: Values, ethics, and mental health 17. Tools of the trade: an introduction to psychiatric ethics 18. From bioethics to values-based practice 19. It's the law. Rationality and consent as a case study in values and mental health law 20. Values in psychiatric diagnosis 21. From bioethics to values-based practice in psychiatric diagnosis V: Philosophy of mind and mental health 22. Mind, brain, and mental illness: an introduction to the philosophy of mind 23. The mind-body problem and mental health, a philosophical update 24. Reasons the content of mental states: 1. reductionist theories 25. Reasons and the content of mental states: 2. Antireductionism and discursive psychology 26. Agency, causation, and freedom 27. Knowledge of other minds 28. Personal identity and schizophrenia Conclusions to Part V 29. Histories of the future