Problems of living : perspectives from philosophy, psychiatry, and cognitive-affective science / Dan J. Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Dan J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatry--Philosophy.

Psychiatry.

Life.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London : Academic Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Problems of Living: Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Cognitive-Affective Science

Copyright

Dedication

Excerpt from "The Labyrinth"

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Perspectives of philosophy

1.2 Perspectives of psychiatry

Shifting paradigms in psychiatry44

DSM-III: Diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disorders

1.3 The big questions and hard problems

Chapter 2 Brain-minds: What's the best metaphor?

2.1 The mind-body problem in philosophy

2.2 The mind-body problem in psychology

2.3 Two key mind-body metaphors

2.4 Brain-mind as wetware

Conclusion

Chapter 3 Reason and passion

3.1 Philosophy of reason and passion

3.2 Psychiatry of reason and passion

3.3 Neurophilosophy and neuropsychiatry

3.4 Schemas and cognitive-affective processing

3.5 Conclusion

Chapter 4 The pleasures of life

4.1 Philosophy and happiness

4.2 Psychiatry and happiness

Theoretical positions in psychiatry on happiness

Addiction and related disorders

Positive psychology

4.3 Neurophilosophy and neuropsychiatry

4.4 Sharpening ideas on happiness

Food and drink

Play and music

Exercise and running

Physical and natural beauty

Attachment and love

The big question of happiness

4.5 Conclusion

Chapter 5 Pain and suffering

5.1 Philosophy and pain/suffering

5.2 Psychiatry and pain/suffering

Theoretical positions in psychiatry on anxiety and depression

Mood and anxiety disorders

Medicalization of pain and suffering

5.3 Neurophilosophy and neuropsychiatry

5.4 Sharpening our views of suffering

Sadness and despair

Fear and anxiety

Disgust and repugnance

Jealousy and envy

Self-injury and self-harm

The big question of suffering

5.5 Conclusion

Chapter 6 The good and the bad

6.1 Philosophy and morality

6.2 Psychiatry and morality

Psychopathy and pathological altruism

Moral issues in psychotherapy

6.3 Neurophilosophy and neuropsychiatry

6.4 Sharpening our thinking about morality

Aggression and perpetration

Hierarchy and status

Cronyism and other 'ism's

Forgiveness and reconciliation

Self-deception and anosognosia

The big question of morality

6.5 Conclusion

Chapter 7 How can we know what is true, then?

7.1 Philosophy and the truth

7.2 Psychiatry and truth

7.3 Neurophilosophy and neuropsychiatry

7.4 Sharpening our thinking about scientific progress

The nature of human nature

Progress in psychiatric classification

Progress in biological psychiatry

Progress in psychotherapy

Science vs pseudoscience

The big question of truth and psychiatry

7.5 Conclusion

Chapter 8 The meaning of life

8.1 Philosophy and the meaning of life

8.2 Psychiatry and meaning in life

8.3 Neurophilosophy and neuropsychiatry

8.4 Sharpening our view of the meaning of life

Free will and willpower

Finding oneself

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780323904391

0323904394

OCLC:

1250602107

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