Philosophical issues in psychiatry / *[vol. I] Explanation, phenomenology, and nosology

Explaining complex behavior / Sandra D. Mitchell -- Etiological models in psychiatry : reductive and nonreductive approaches / Kenneth F. Schaffner -- Levels of explanation in psychiatry / Dominic Murphy -- Cause and explanation in psychiatry : an interventionist perspective / James F. Woodward -- Causation in psychiatry / John Campbell -- Varieties of "phenomenology" : on description, understanding, and explanation in psychiatry / Josef Parnas and Louis A. Sass -- Self-agency and mental causality / Shaun Gallagher -- Real kinds but no true taxonomy : an essay in psychiatric systematics / Peter Zachar -- The incredible insecurity of psychiatric nosology / Kenneth S. Kendler and Peter Zachar. This Multidisciplinary Collection Explores Three Key Concepts Underpinning Psychiatry—explanation, Phenomenology, And Nosology—and Their Continuing Relevance In An Age Of Neuroimaging And Genetic Analysis. This Book Opens With Dr. Kenneth S. Kendler’s Introduction To The Philosophical Grounding Of Psychiatric Practice. Chapters In The First Section Of The Book Then Address The Concept Of Explanation, From The Difficulties In Describing Complex Behavior To The Categorization Of Psychological And Biological Causality. In The Second Section, Contributors Discuss Experience, Including The Complex And Vexing Issue Of How Self-agency And Free Will Affect Mental Health. The Third And Final Section Examines The Organizational Difficulties In Psychiatric Nosology And The Instability Of The Existing Diagnostic System. Each Chapter Includes Both An Introduction By The Editors And A Concluding Comment By Another Of The Book’s Contributors. Contributors: John Campbell, Phd; Thomas Fuchs, Md, Phd; Shaun Gallagher, Phd; Kenneth S. Kendler, Md; Sandra D. Mitchell, Phd; Dominic P. Murphy, Phd; Josef Parnas, Md, Drmedsci; Louis A. Sass, Phd; Kenneth F. Schaffner, Md, Phd; James F. Woodward, Phd; Peter Zachar, Phd This Is A Serious And Important Book... It Is Certainly One That Researchers, Scholars And Anyone Involved In Trying To Explain The Nature Of Psychiatric Disorders To A Skeptical Audience Ought To Read.— British Journal Of Psychiatry Kenneth S. Kendler, Md, Is The Rachel Brown Banks Distinguished Professor Of Psychiatry At The Medical College Of Virginia, Where He Is Also A Professor Of Human Genetics And The Director Of The Virginia Institute For Psychiatric And Behavioral Genetics. He Is The Author Of Genes, Environment, And Psychopathology. Josef Parnas, Md, Drmedsci, Is A Professor Of Psychiatry And The Consultant Medical Director For The Department Of Psychiatry At Copenhagen University. He Is The Codirector Of The National Danish Research Foundation's Center For Subjectivity Research. Cover -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Why Does Psychiatry Need Philosophy? -- PART I: EXPLANATION -- 1 Explaining Complex Behavior -- Comment: Psychiatry, Scientific Laws, and Realism about Entities -- 2 Etiological Models in Psychiatry: Reductive and Nonreductive Approaches -- Comment: Understanding Causes and Reversing Outcomes -- 3 Levels of Explanation in Psychiatry -- Comment: Taming Causal Complexity -- 4 Cause and Explanation in Psychiatry: An Interventionist Perspective -- Comment: Psychological Causation without Physical Causation -- 5 Causation in Psychiatry -- Comment: Levels of Explanation and Variable Choice -- PART II: PHENOMENOLOGY -- 6 Varieties of "Phenomenology": On Description, Understanding, and Explanation in Psychiatry -- Comment: Beyond Descriptive Phenomenology -- 7 Self-agency and Mental Causality -- Comment: Disorders of Agency in Psychiatric Syndromes -- PART III: NOSOLOGY -- 8 Real Kinds but No True Taxonomy: An Essay in Psychiatric Systematics -- Comment: A Tail of a Tiger -- 9 The Incredible Insecurity of Psychiatric Nosology -- Comment: Psychiatric Diagnosis -- Epilogue -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W

this Multidisciplinary Collection Explores Three Key Concepts Underpinning Psychiatry — Explanation, Phenomenology, And Nosology — And Their Continuing Relevance In An Age Of Neuroimaging And Genetic Analysis.

an Introduction By Kenneth S. Kendler Lays Out The Philosophical Grounding Of Psychiatric Practice. The First Section Addresses The Concept Of Explanation, From The Difficulties In Describing Complex Behavior To The Categorization Of Psychological And Biological Causality. In The Second Section, Contributors Discuss Experience, Including The Complex And Vexing Issue Of How Self-agency And Free Will Affect Mental Health. The Third And Final Section Examines The Organizational Difficulties In Psychiatric Nosology And The Instability Of The Existing Diagnostic System. Each Chapter Has Both An Introduction By The Editors And A Concluding Comment By Another Of The Book's Contributors.

contributors: John Campbell, Ph.d.; Thomas Fuchs, M.d., Ph.d.; Shaun Gallagher, Ph.d.; Kenneth S. Kendler, M.d.; Sandra D. Mitchell, Ph.d.; Dominic P. Murphy, Ph.d.; Josef Parnas, M.d., Dr.med.sci.; Louis A. Sass, Ph.d.; Kenneth F. Schaffner, M.d., Ph.d.; James F. Woodward, Ph.d.; Peter Zachar, Ph.d.

This multidisciplinary collection explores three key concepts underpinning psychiatry—explanation, phenomenology, and nosology—and their continuing relevance in an age of neuroimaging and genetic analysis.

An introduction by Kenneth S. Kendler lays out the philosophical grounding of psychiatric practice. The first section addresses the concept of explanation, from the difficulties in describing complex behavior to the categorization of psychological and biological causality. In the second section, contributors discuss experience, including the complex and vexing issue of how self-agency and free will affect mental health. The third and final section examines the organizational difficulties in psychiatric nosology and the instability of the existing diagnostic system. Each chapter has both an introduction by the editors and a concluding comment by another of the book’s contributors.
Contributors: John Campbell, Ph.D.; Thomas Fuchs, M.D., Ph.D.; Shaun Gallagher, Ph.D.; Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D.; Sandra D. Mitchell, Ph.D.; Dominic P. Murphy, Ph.D.; Josef Parnas, M.D., Dr.Med.Sci.; Louis A. Sass, Ph.D.; Kenneth F. Schaffner, M.D., Ph.D.; James F. Woodward, Ph.D.; Peter Zachar, Ph.D.

This multidisciplinary collection explores three key concepts underpinning psychiatry—explanation, phenomenology, and nosology—and their continuing relevance in an age of neuroimaging and genetic analysis. An introduction by Kenneth S. Kendler lays out the philosophical grounding of psychiatric practice. The first section addresses the concept of explanation, from the difficulties in describing complex behavior to the categorization of psychological and biological causality. In the second section, contributors discuss experience, including the complex and vexing issue of how self-agency and free will affect mental health. The third and final section examines the organizational difficulties in psychiatric nosology and the instability of the existing diagnostic system. Each chapter has both an introduction by the editors and a concluding comment by another of the book's contributors. Contributors: John Campbell, Ph.D.; Thomas Fuchs, M.D., Ph.D.; Shaun Gallagher, Ph.D.; Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D.; Sandra D. Mitchell, Ph.D.; Dominic P. Murphy, Ph.D.; Josef Parnas, M.D., Dr.Med.Sci.; Louis A. Sass, Ph.D.; Kenneth F. Schaffner, M.D., Ph.D.; James F. Woodward, Ph.D.; Peter Zachar, Ph.D. Explaining complex behavior / Sandra D. Mitchell Etiological models in psychiatry: reductive and nonreductive approaches / Kenneth F. Schaffner Levels of explanation in psychiatry / Dominic Murphy Cause and explanation in psychiatry: an interventionist perspective / Jim Woodward Causation in psychiatry / John Campbell Varieties of "phenomenology": on description, understanding, and explanation in psychiatry / Josef Parnas and Louis A. Sass Self-agency and mental causality / Shaun Gallagher Real kinds but no true taxonomy: an essay in psychiatric systematics / Peter Zachar The incredible insecurity of psychiatric nosology / Kenneth S. Kendler and Peter Zachar.