Philosophy, psychiatry and psychopathy : personal identity in mental disorder / edited by Christopher Heginbotham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heginbotham, Christopher.

Society for Applied Philosophy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy.

Personality--Philosophy.

Personality.

Mentally ill--Psychology.

Mentally ill.

Mental health--Philosophy.

Mental health.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Physical Description:

vii, 146 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington : Ashgate, 2000.

Contents:

1 Philosophy, Psychiatry and Personal Identity: Clinics, Concepts and Philosophy of Psychopathy / Christopher Heginbotham 1

2 Through a Glass Darkly: Ethical Dilemmas in the Treatment and Management of Psychopathic Disorder / Gwen Adshead 13

3 Freedom, Resentment and the Psychopath / Piers Benn 29

4 Disordered Minds, Diseased Brains and Real People / K. W. M. (Bill) Fulford 47

5 Mental Content and the Myth of Problems in Living / Martin Johnston 75

6 The Concept of Mental Injury / Stephen Wilkinson 89

7 Dynamics as a Unifying Concept in Psychotherapeutic Psychiatry: An Annotation / Jeremy Holmes 105

8 Personal Identity and the Social Institution / R.D. (Bob) Hinshelwood 119

9 Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Psychopathy: A Philosophical Exploration / David Carson, Christopher Heginbotham 131.

Notes:

Published in association with the Society for Applied Philosophy.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1840148640

OCLC:

43186545