The effects of mental disorder are apparent and pervasive, in suffering, loss of freedom and
life opportunities, negative impacts on education, work satisfaction and productivity …

This is a comprehensive resource of original essays by leading thinkers exploring the newly
emerging inter-disciplinary field of the philosophy of psychiatry. The contributors aim to …

Psychiatrists assert that mental illness is a physiological brain disorder. The anti-psychiatry
movement refutes this on grounds of lack of evidence claiming that mental illness is socially …

Our Necessary Shadow is the first attempt in a generation to explain the whole subject of
psychiatry, from the UK's leading expert, Tom Burns A lot is written about psychiatry and the …

This book is psychiatry's reply to the diverse group of antipsychiatrists, including Laing,
Foucault, Goffman, Szasz and Bassaglia, that has made fashionable the view that mental …

Past and current debates about applying medical diagnoses to psychological difference in
society are examined. Beginning with a brief historical overview from antiquity to 'anti …

The three general approaches to mental illness that are discussed in this volume can be
broadly characterized by their underlying metaphors. The biological or medical approach …

In recent years there has been a major move within psychiatry to foster a deeper
understanding of the conceptual underpinnings of mental health. This new approach has …

Because most psychiatric illnesses are complex phenomena, no single method or approach
is sufficient to explain them or the experiences of persons who suffer from them. In The …

A foundational question for the discipline of psychiatry is the nature of psychiatric disorders.
What kinds of things are they? In this paper, I review and critique three major relevant …