Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders? (Routledg, Jefferson Hardcover..
Taylor & Francis
Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?Author(s): Anneli Jefferson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367421380, 978-0367421380\nSynopsis\nThe question of whether mental disorders are disorders of the brain has led to a long-running and controversial dispute within psychiatry, psychology and philosophy of mind and psychology. While recent work in neuroscience frequently tries to identify underlying brain dysfunction in mental disorders, detractors argue that labelling mental disorders as brain disorders is reductive and can result in harmful social effects.\n\nThis book brings a much-needed philosophical perspective to bear on this important question. Anneli Jefferson argues that while there is widespread agreement on paradigmatic cases of brain disorder such as brain cancer, Parkinson's or Alzheimers dementia, there is far less clarity on what the general, defining characteristics of brain disorders are. She identif.
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