Extraordinary science and psychiatry : responses to the crisis in mental health research / edited by Jeffrey Poland and Şerife Tekin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Poland, Jeffrey Stephen, editor.

Tekin, Şerife, editor.

Series:

Philosophical psychopathology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatry--Research.

Psychiatry.

Evidence-based medicine.

Mental Health.

Empirical Research.

Evidence-Based Medicine.

Medical Subjects:

Mental Health.

Empirical Research.

Evidence-Based Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 327 pages).

Other Title:

MIT Press CogNet.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Leading scholars offer perspectives from the philosophy of science on the crisis in psychiatric research that exploded after the publication of DSM-5.

"Psychiatry and mental health research is in crisis, with tensions between psychiatry's clinical and research aims and controversies over diagnosis, treatment, and scientific constructs for studying mental disorders. At the center of these controversies is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), which--especially after the publication of DSM-5--many have found seriously flawed as a guide for research. This book addresses the crisis and the associated 'extraordinary science' (Thomas Kuhn's term for scientific research during a state of crisis) from the perspective of philosophy of science. The goal is to help reconcile the competing claims of science and phenomenology within psychiatry and to offer new insights for the philosophy of science. The contributors discuss the epistemological origins of the current crisis, the nature of evidence in psychiatric research, and the National Institute for Mental Health's Research Domain Criteria project. They consider particular research practices in psychiatry--computational, personalized, mechanistic, and user-led--and the specific categories of schizophrenia, depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder. Finally, they examine the DSM's dubious practice of pathologizing normality"--Publisher's website.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Psychiatric Research and Extraordinary Science / Jeffrey Poland Poland, Jeffrey, Serife Tekin Tekin, Serife 1

2 Kinds or Tails? / Edouard Machery Machery, Edouard 15

3 Evidence-Based Medicine, Biological Psychiatry, and the Role of Science in Medicine / Robyn Bluhm Bluhm, Robyn 37

4 RDoC's Metaphysical Assumptions: Problems and Promises / Ginger A. Hoffman Hoffman, Ginger A., Peter Zachar Zachar, Peter 59

5 Psychopathology without Nosology: The Research Domain Criteria Project as Normal Science / Claire Pouncey Pouncey, Claire 87

6 The Promise of Computational Psychiatry / Jeffrey Poland Poland, Jeffrey, Michael Frank Frank, Michael 105

7 Personalized Psychiatry and Scientific Causal Explanations: Two Accounts / Aaron Kostko Kostko, Aaron, John Bickle Bickle, John 137

8 The Shift to Mechanistic Explanation and Classification / Kelso Cratsley Cratsley, Kelso 163

9 Classification, Rating Scales, and Promoting User-Led Research / Rachel Cooper Cooper, Rachel 197

10 Six Myths about Schizophrenia: A Paradigm Well Beyond Its Use-By Date? / Richard P. Bentall Bentall, Richard P. 221

11 Looking for the Self in Psychiatry: Perils and Promises of Phenomenology-Neuroscience Partnership in Schizophrenia Research / Serife Tekin Tekin, Serife 249

12 DSM Applications to Young Children: Are There Really Bipolar and Depressed Two-Year-Olds? / Harold Kincaid Kincaid, Harold 267

13 Truth and Sanity: Positive Illusions, Spiritual Delusions, and Metaphysical Hallucinations / Owen Flanagan Flanagan, Owen, George Graham Graham, George 293.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Poland, Jeffrey. Extraordinary science and psychiatry.

ISBN:

9780262341752

0262341751

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.