Causal concepts in psychopathology : multidisciplinary perspectives / edited by Kenneth S. Kendler, Josef Parnas, Peter Zachar

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kendler, Kenneth S., 1950- editor.

Parnas, Josef, editor.

Zachar, Peter, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Causation--Psychological aspects.

Causation.

Psychology, Pathological--Philosophy.

Psychology, Pathological.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"Causality extends across many areas of psychiatry, from the purely conceptual and philosophical to the interpretation of genetic, epidemiological, and neurobiological work. This book offers new, interdisciplinary perspectives on causation in psychopathology, exploring it in relation to the latest scientific and philosophical advances, as well as through psychiatric research and practice. It features contributions from many internationally known psychologists, clinical researchers, and philosophers of science actively studying the phenomenology of mental illness. The chapters are organized into four sections: The Causes Themselves; Causes, Genes, and Neuroscience; Causality and Nosology; and Causality and Phenomenology. Each main chapter is preceded by a brief introduction written by the editors and a commentary by another author in this volume. By taking a multidisciplinary approach spanning psychiatry, philosophy, and psychology, the book is written to be accessible for members of all three disciplines"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Introduction to Woodward’s Reflections on some strategies for causal inference in psychiatry / Kenneth S. Kendler

Reflections on some strategies for causal inference in psychiatry / James Woodward

Commentary on Woodward’s Reflections on some strategies for causal inference in psychiatry / John Campbell

Introduction to Russo and van Eck’s Charting the explanatory potential of network models in psychopathology / Peter Zachar

Charting the explanatory potential of network models in psychopathology / Federica Russo and Dingmar van Eck

Commentary on Russo and van Eck’s Charting the explanatory potential of network models in psychopathology / Stephan Heckers

Introduction to Ross and Kendler’s Proximal and distal causes in medicine / Peter Zachar

Proximal and distal causes in medicine / Lauren N. Ross and Kenneth S. Kendler

Commentary on Ross and Kendler’s Proximal and distal causes in medicine / Peter Zachar

Introduction to Kendler’s A working scientist’s view on causality in psychiatry / Peter Zachar

A working scientist’s view on causality in psychiatry / Kenneth S. Kendler

Commentary on Kendler’s A working scientist’s view on causality in psychiatry / Federica Russo

Introduction to Turkheimer and Kaplan’s Stalking the wild quincunx / Kenneth S. Kendler

Stalking the wild quincunx / Eric Turkheimer and Jonathan Kaplan

Commentary on Turkheimer and Kaplan’s Stalking the wild quincunx / Steven E. Hyman

Introduction to Heckers’s Causal inference in psychiatric neuroimaging / Kenneth S. Kendler

Causal inference in psychiatric neuroimaging / Stephan Heckers

Commentary on Heckers’s Causal inference in psychiatric neuroimaging / Carl F. Craver

Introduction to Craver’s Mechanistic psychiatry / Peter Zachar

Mechanistic psychiatry : thoughts on commitments and confounds / Carl F. Craver

Commentary on Craver’s Mechanistic psychiatry / Lauren N. Ross

Introduction to Hyman’s Mechanism matters / Peter Zachar

Mechanism matters : advancing beyond descriptive psychiatry? / Steven E. Hyman

Commentary on Hyman’s Mechanism matters / Kenneth S. Kendler

Introduction to Borsboom’s Between correlation and causality / Kenneth S. Kendler

Between correlation and causality : perspectives on symptom interactions in network models of psychopathology / Denny Borsboom

Commentary on Borsboom’s Between correlation and causality / Eric Turkheimer

Introduction to Campbell’s What is the role of generalization in psychiatry? / Kenneth S. Kendler

What is the role of generalizations in psychiatry? / John Campbell

Commentary on Campbell’s What is the role of generalization in psychiatry? / Denny Borsboom

Introduction to Zachar’s Versions of disorders we aspire to explain / Kenneth S. Kendler

Versions of disorders we aspire to explain : nominal, conventional, and factual features / Peter Zachar

Commentary on Zachar’s Versions of disorders we aspire to explain / James Woodward

Introduction to Roskies, Busch, and Walton’s Agency as a framework for thinking about neuropsychiatric disease / Peter Zachar

Agency as a framework for thinking about neuropsychiatric disease : a prelude to asking causal questions / Adina L. Roskies, Erica Busch, and Ashley Walton

Commentary on Roskies, Busch, and Walton’s Agency as a framework for thinking about neuropsychiatric disease / Josef Parnas

Introduction to Gallagher’s Causal interaction and heterogeneous integration in level-free psychiatry / Peter Zachar

Causal interaction and heterogeneous integration in level-free psychiatry / Shaun Gallagher

Commentary on Gallagher’s Causal interaction and heterogeneous integration in level-free psychiatry / Adina L. Roskies

Introduction to Parnas and Zandersen’s A disease like no other / Peter Zachar

A disease like no other : phenomenology of schizophrenia and its pathogenetic consequences / Josef Parnas and Maja Zandersen

Commentary on Parnas and Zandersen’s A disease like no other / Shaun Gallagher

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title (Cambridge Core, viewed May 18, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Causal concepts in psychopathology

ISBN:

9781009390620

1009390627

OCLC:

1573654117

Publisher Number:

CIPO000339069

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license