Oxford textbook of philosophy and psychiatry / K.W.M. (Bill) Fulford, Tim Thornton, George Graham.

Textbook of philosophy and psychiatry

Philosophy and psychiatry

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

xxxvii, 872 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM.

incudes CD-ROM with 179 readings.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [809]-849) and indexes.

Introduction -- Progress in five parts -- Core concepts in philosophy and mental health -- Philosophical problems in mental health practice and research -- Experiences good and bad: an introduction to psychopathology, classification, and diagnosis for philosophers -- Philosophical methods in mental health practice and research -- Arguments good and bad: an introduction to philosophical logic for practitioners -- Philosophical outputs in mental health practice and research -- Philosophical history of psychopathology -- Brief history of mental disorder -- Karl Jaspers and general psychopathology -- Phenomenology and psychopathology -- Psychopathology and the methodenstreit -- Philosophy of science and mental health -- Psychoanalysis: an introduction to the philosophy of science -- Psychopathology and the theory dependence of data -- Natural classifications, realism, and psychiatric science -- Diagnosis, explanation, and tacit knowledge -- Causes, laws, and reasons in psychiatric aetiology -- Knowledge, research, and evidence-based medicine -- Values, ethics, and mental health -- Tools of the trade: an introduction to psychiatric ethics -- From bioethics to values-based practice -- It's the law! Rationality and consent as a case study in values and mental health law -- Values in psychiatric diagnosis -- From bioethics to values-based practice in psychiatric diagnosis -- Philosophy of mind and mental health -- Mind, brain, and mental illness: an introduction to the philosophy of mind -- Mind-body problem and mental health, a philosophical update -- Reasons and the content of mental states: part 1 reductionist theories -- Reasons and the content of mental states: part 2 antireductionism and discursive psychology -- Agency, causation, and freedom -- Knowledge of other minds -- Personality identity and schizophrenia -- Histories of the future.