OXFORD TEXTBOOK OF PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHIATRY

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-TES