Body-subjects and disordered minds / Eric Matthews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, Eric, 1936-

Series:

International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry.

International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatry--Philosophy.

Psychiatry.

Mental illness--Physiological aspects.

Mental illness.

Mental illness--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

viii, 189 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Body-subjects and disordered minds : treating the whole person in psychiatry

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

How should we deal with mental disorder - as an "illness" like diabetes or bronchitis, as a "problem in living", or what? This book seeks to answer such questions by going to their roots, in philosophical questions about the nature of the human mind, the ways in which it can be understood, and about the nature and aims of scientific medicine.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

1 Introducing the problem

2 Illness and disease

3 'Minds' and 'bodies'

4 Phenomenology and Merleau-Ponty

5 The body-subject and mental disorder

6 Mental disorder and choice

7 Mental disorder and legal responsibility

8 Treatment without consent

References

Index

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Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780191584602

0191584606

OCLC:

801363526