Clearly argued and written, the book covers a wide range of philosophical issues, from the concept of mental illness and the political abuse of psychiatry to free will and responsibility.
Clearly argued and written, the book covers a wide range of philosophical issues, from the concept of mental illness and the political abuse of psychiatry to free will and responsibility.
INTRODUCTION: PSYCHIATRY IN CRISIS The clash of paradigms The idea of a paradigm Psychiatry is not a normal science 1 THE MEDICAL PARADIGM The medical paradigm explained The virtues of the medical paradigm Challenges to the medical paradigm 2 SIGMUND FREUD AND THE PATHOLOGIZING OF NORMALITY The essentialist fallacy The continuum fallacy The naturalistic fallacy The psychodynamic paradigm 3 HANS EYSENCK AND THE NORMALIZING OF NEUROSIS Learning to be neurotic Re-educating an illness The behavioural paradigm. 4 RONALD LAING AND THE RATIONALIZING OF MADNESS Madness is method. The insane society. Laingian paradigms. 5 THOMAS SZASZ AND THE PHYSICALIZING OF DISEASE The dualist fallacy The organic fallacy The malfunction fallacy The computer fallacy The objective fallacy The voluntary argument The game-playing paradigm 6 PETER SEDGWICK AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ILLNESS Inventing disease The spectre of cultural relativism 7 THOMAS SCHEFF AND THE LABELLING OF DEVIANCE Strong labelling theory Weak labelling theory Values and relativity. 8 MICHEL FOUCAULT AND THE CIVILIZING OF MADNESS Standard psychiatric history Foucauldian history 9 PARADIGMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS A taxonomy of paradigms A unified view The sophisticated medical paradigm 10 THE NATURE OF MENTAL ILLNESS Ethics and nosology The definition of mental illness Controversial cases Boundaries 11 IS PSYCHIATRY A SCIENCE? What is a science? The observation base Psychiatric explanation Methodology 12 PSYCHIATRY AND RESPONSIBILITY Mental illness and responsibility The existence of evil 13 THE PRACTICE OF PSYCHIATRY Involuntary hospitalization Imposing our values CONCLUSION: THE NATURE OF PSYCHIATRY
INTRODUCTION: PSYCHIATRY IN CRISIS The clash of paradigms The idea of a paradigm Psychiatry is not a normal science 1 THE MEDICAL PARADIGM The medical paradigm explained The virtues of the medical paradigm Challenges to the medical paradigm 2 SIGMUND FREUD AND THE PATHOLOGIZING OF NORMALITY The essentialist fallacy The continuum fallacy The naturalistic fallacy The psychodynamic paradigm 3 HANS EYSENCK AND THE NORMALIZING OF NEUROSIS Learning to be neurotic Re-educating an illness The behavioural paradigm. 4 RONALD LAING AND THE RATIONALIZING OF MADNESS Madness is method. The insane society. Laingian paradigms. 5 THOMAS SZASZ AND THE PHYSICALIZING OF DISEASE The dualist fallacy The organic fallacy The malfunction fallacy The computer fallacy The objective fallacy The voluntary argument The game-playing paradigm 6 PETER SEDGWICK AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ILLNESS Inventing disease The spectre of cultural relativism 7 THOMAS SCHEFF AND THE LABELLING OF DEVIANCE Strong labelling theory Weak labelling theory Values and relativity. 8 MICHEL FOUCAULT AND THE CIVILIZING OF MADNESS Standard psychiatric history Foucauldian history 9 PARADIGMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS A taxonomy of paradigms A unified view The sophisticated medical paradigm 10 THE NATURE OF MENTAL ILLNESS Ethics and nosology The definition of mental illness Controversial cases Boundaries 11 IS PSYCHIATRY A SCIENCE? What is a science? The observation base Psychiatric explanation Methodology 12 PSYCHIATRY AND RESPONSIBILITY Mental illness and responsibility The existence of evil 13 THE PRACTICE OF PSYCHIATRY Involuntary hospitalization Imposing our values CONCLUSION: THE NATURE OF PSYCHIATRY
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