Mental Health - A Philosophical Analysis (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 28, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781402001796
Subjects: Philosophy; Psychiatry; Psychiatry (General); Philosophy Of Medicine; Psychology; Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Medical; Psychology, Pathological; Psychiatry - General; Medical-Mental Health; Philosophy / General; Psychology & Psychiatry / Mental Health; Psychology-Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Mental Health; General
First sentence: In the sixties and seventies there was an intense debate among philosophers, sociologists, psychiatrists, and others about whether or not there is, strictly speaking, such a thing as mental illness.