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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Cooper, Rachel Valerie
Titre(s) : Classifying madness [Texte électronique] : a philosophical examination of the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders / by Rachel Cooper
Publication : Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, cop. 2005
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Collection : Philosophy and medicine ; v. 86
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-164) and index
Revised thesis (Ph. D.)--Cambridge University, 2002.
"Classifying Madness examines the conceptual foundations of the D.S.M., the main classification
of mental disorders used by psychiatrists worldwide ; It will be of interest to both
mental health professionals and to philosophers interested in classification in science.
The D.S.M. has become extremely controversial, and the possibility that there may
be philosophical difficulties with it has become a commonplace in the mental health
literature ; Classifying Madness offers mental health professionals an opportunity
to explore suspicions that there might be conceptual problems with the D.S.M. For
philosophers, this book aims to contribute to debates in the philosophy of science
concerning natural kinds, the theory-ladenness of classification, and the effect of
sociological factors in science ; These issues are normally approached via a consideration
of the natural sciences and, as will be seen, approaching them via a consideration
of psychiatry helps shed new light on old problems."--Jacket
Sujet(s) : Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
Philosophie
Médecine -- Histoire
Médecine -- Philosophie
Philosophie des sciences
Philosophie sociale
Classification
Indice(s) Dewey :
616.890 75 (23e éd.) = Troubles mentaux (psychiatrie) - Diagnostic et pronostic
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781402033452
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb446569946
Notice n° :
FRBNF44656994
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1. What is mental disorder? ; 2. Are mental disorders natural kinds? ; 3. The problem
of theory-ladenness ; 4. The D.S.M. and feedback in applied science.