philosophy

Causation: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Editorial 29th April 2022 0 Comments

Causation: A Very Short Introduction is the title of a book by Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum. It’s relevant to the field of mental health because of (for example): The scientific paradigm in relation to mental healthcare. Should this paradigm…
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books, causation, complexity-based practice, evidence-based practice, New Approaches, philosophy, philosophy of science, Rani Anjum, reductionism, Stephen Mumford

The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves

Author: Editorial 11th April 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. James Hollis. The publishers say: “The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves explores the need to know ourselves more deeply, and the many obstacles that stand in our way. The various chapters illustrate internal obstacles…
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books, Carl Jung, depth psychology, James Hollis, meaning, mythology, personal narrative, philosophy, Psyche, psychoanalysis, psychology, spirituality

Conceptual Competence in Psychiatry: Recommendations for Education and Training

Author: Editorial 30th March 2022 0 Comments

This paper by Awais Aftab and G. Scott Waterman has been published in Academic Psychiatry. It begins: “It has been recognized since the early days of modern psychiatry that conceptual and philosophical questions are intimately tied to more practical and clinical…
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academic psychiatry, Awais Aftab, G. Scott Waterman, philosophy, philosophy of psychiatry, psychiatry

A Philosophy for the Science of Well-Being

Author: Editorial 23rd March 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Anna Alexandrova. The publisher’s abstract says: “Well-being, happiness, and quality of life are now established objects of social and medical research. Does this science produce knowledge that is properly about well-being? What sort of well-being?…
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Anna Alexandrova, books, contextualisation, happiness, philosophy, science of wellbeing, wellbeing

Are critics of psychiatry stranded in a ‘Jurassic world?’

Author: Editorial 18th November 2021 0 Comments

This article by psychotherapist James Barnes has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “In a recent Psychiatric Times interview with Lucy Johnstone, 1 the interviewer took the very unusual step of seeking ‘clarification’ from two psychiatrists that she mentioned…
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biomarkers, biopsychosocial model, James Barnes, Lucy Johnstone, Mad in the UK, medical model, philosophy, Psychiatric Times, psychiatry, Robin Murray

The consciousness puzzle: Is panpsychism the solution?

Author: Editorial 10th September 2021 0 Comments

Mental ill-health – better described as psychological and emotional distress – fundamentally involves consciousness, a subjective awareness and experience. So if we misunderstand the nature of consciousness, then likely we will not be best placed to help those in distress….
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brain, consciousness, dualism, Galileo, Institute of Art and Ideas, materialism, mind, neuroscience, Panpsychism, Philip Goff, philosophy, qualitative, quantitative, videos

Philosophy & Madness: A Discussion with Wouter Kusters on his new book

Author: Editorial 18th August 2021 0 Comments

Wouter Kusters is a Dutch philosopher and linguist from the Netherlands. He is best known for his books, ‘Pure Madness, A Quest for the Psychotic Experience’ and ‘A Philosophy of Madness: The Experience of Psychotic Thinking.’ The latter was translated into…
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books, James Barnes, Mad in the UK, madness, philosophy, psychosis, spirituality, transliminal, Wouter Kusters

A Philosophy of Madness. The Experience of Psychotic Thinking

Author: Editorial 18th December 2020 0 Comments

This book has been written by Wouter Kusters. The publishers say: “A philosopher draws on his own experience of madness as he takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the philosophy of psychosis and the psychosis of philosophy. In this book, philosopher…
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books, madness, narrative, philosophy, psychosis, videos, Wouter Kusters

Postpsychiatry: Mental Health in a Postmodern World

Author: Editorial 25th March 2020 0 Comments

The subtitle of this book is “International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry”. It has been written by psychiatrists Pat Bracken and Philip Thomas. The publishers say: “How are we to make sense of madness and psychosis? For most of us the…
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anthropology, books, ethics, humanities, madness, Pat Bracken, Philip Thomas, philosophy, postmodern, psychiatry, psychosis

Madness and the demand for recognition

Author: Editorial 23rd May 2019 0 Comments

Subtitled “A philosophical inquiry into identity and mental health activism”, this book has been written by Mohammed Abouelleil Rashed. The publishers say: “Madness is a complex and contested term. Through time and across cultures it has acquired many formulations: for some, madness is…
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books, Clients & Patients, disability studies, identity, Mad activism, Mad Studies, Mohammed Rashed, philosophy, philosophy of psychiatry

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