The disordered mind : an introduction to philosophy of mind and mental illness

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Title:

The disordered mind : an introduction to philosophy of mind and mental illness

Author:

Graham, George, 1945-

ISBN:

9780415518772

9780415501248

9780203069882

Personal Author:

Graham, George, 1945-

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

New York City, NY : Routledge, 2013.

Physical Description:

xv, 287 p. ; 25 cm.

General Note:

"First published 2010."

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- Stability and instability -- One brief history -- What is this book about? -- Summary -- Suggested reading -- 2.Conceiving mental disorder -- Mental disorder has consequences -- What should a theory of mental disorder do? -- The mind of mental disorder -- Exemplars of mental disorder -- Roles of the mental in mental disorder -- Summary -- Suggested reading -- 3.The disorder of mental disorder -- What makes mental disorder undesirable? -- Morally therapeutic interlude and lure of the disease model -- Are mental disorders diseases? -- Mental disorder, brain disorder and DSM -- Summary -- Suggested reading -- 4.Skepticism about mental disorder -- Mental disorder and the mind/body problem -- Pro-dualism: the first line of defense -- Metaphysical ecumenism and physicalism: the second line of defense -- Mental disorder and respect for persons -- Summary -- Suggested reading -- 5.Seeking norms for mental disorder --

Contents note continued: Despair, depression and disorder -- Anxiety, DSM and assessing norms -- Cultural conventionalism -- Mind maladapted -- Rationality and intentionality -- Logic of its own -- Summary -- Suggested reading -- 6.An original position -- Social order, mental order and veils of ignorance -- The importance of conscious experience -- Basic psychological capacities -- A concept of mental disorder -- Coming to grief over psychopathy -- Summary -- Suggested reading -- 7.Addiction and responsibility for self -- Impulse, inhibition and responsibility for self -- Compulsion and addiction -- Animal models -- Neural models -- How brain mechanisms may gum up the works -- Summary -- Suggested reading -- 8.Reality lost and found -- Symptom and schizophrenia -- Grand delusions -- Realism among the ruins -- Paranoia, benevolence and imagination -- Summary -- Suggested reading -- 9.Minding the missing me -- Me, myself and my selves -- `I am dead' but do not mean it --

Contents note continued: Self serving in a supermarket -- Explanation explained -- Summary -- Suggested reading.

Subject Term:

Mental illness.

Philosophy of mind.

Psychiatry -- Philosophy.

Psychophysiology.

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Summary

The Disordered Mind: An Introduction to Philosophy of Mind and Mental Illness, second edition examines and explains, from a philosophical standpoint, what mental disorder is: its reality, causes, consequences, and more. It is also an outstanding introduction to philosophy of mind from the perspective of mental disorder.

Revised and updated throughout, this second edition includes new discussions of grief and psychopathy, the problems of the psychophysical basis of disorder, the nature of selfhood, and clarification of the relation between rationality and mental disorder. Each chapter explores a central question or problem about mental disorder, including:

what is mental disorder and can it be distinguished from neurological disorder? what roles should reference to psychological, cultural, and social factors play in the medical/scientific understanding of mental disorder? what makes mental disorders undesirable? Are they diseases? mental disorder and the mind-body problem is mental disorder a breakdown of rationality? What is a rational mind? addiction, responsibility and compulsion ethical dilemmas posed by mental disorder, including questions of dignity and self-respect.

Each topic is clearly explained and placed in a clinical and philosophical context. Mental disorders discussed include clinical depression, dissociative identity disorder, anxiety, religious delusions, and paranoia. Several non-mental neurological disorders that possess psychological symptoms are also examined, including Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, and Tourette's syndrome.

Containing chapter summaries and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, The Disordered Mind, second edition is a superb introduction to the philosophy of mental disorder for students of philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, and related mental health professions.