Derek Bolton

Broschiertes Buch

What is Mental Disorder? An essay in philosophy, science, and values

Beschreibung

With a new edition of the 'bibles' of psychiatric diagnosis - the ICD and DSM - under development, it is timely to take a step back and evaluate how we diagnose and define mental disorder. This new book by Derek Bolton tackles the problems involved in the definition and boundaries of mental disorder.

Autor

Derek Bolton read philosophy at Cambridge University and completed a doctorate subsequently published as 'An Approach to Wittgenstein's Philosophy' in 1979. He subsequently trained in Clinical Psychology and has worked in the Institute of Psychiatry and Maudsley Hospital in London for many years. He is the author of many papers in clinical and scientific psychiatry, and on philosophical topics in psychiatry, and co-authored with Jonathan Hill 'Mind, Meaning, and Mental Disorder', published by Oxford University Press, 2e, 2004.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 509g
• ISBN-13: 9780198565925
• ISBN-10: 0198565925
• Artikelnr.: 23593325