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Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders? Anneli Jefferson

Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders? By Anneli Jefferson

Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders? by Anneli Jefferson


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Summary

Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders? brings philosophical clarity to this important question and will be of interest to students and researchers in the philosophies of mind and psychology, philosophy of psychiatry, and conceptual issues in mental health.

Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders? Summary

Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders? by Anneli Jefferson

A big, controversial and unresolved question that cuts across several disciplines - despite journal articles and special issues this is the first book to examine the topic head-on
Explains how brain-level explanations of mental disorders can have important, negative consequences for psychological and social theories of mental disorder
Plenty of examples such as dementia and Parkinsons which are helpfully contrasted with depression and schizophrenia

About Anneli Jefferson

Anneli Jefferson is Lecturer in Philosophy, Cardiff University, UK. Her main research areas are moral philosophy and philosophy of psychology and psychiatry. She is especially interested in the intersection of these areas, for example in questions relating to moral psychology or the relationship between mental illness and moral responsibility.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, 2. Brain disorders - The narrow view, 3. A workable notion of brain dysfunction, 4. Objections and clarifications, 5. Implications for agency and responsibility, 6. Conclusion, Bibliography, Index

Additional information

NPB9780367421380
9780367421380
0367421380
Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders? by Anneli Jefferson
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2022-04-25
100
N/A
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