What is Mental Disorder?
Subtitle: An essay in philosophy, science, and values (International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: April 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780198565925
Subjects: Psychiatry; Philosophy; Diet / Health / Fitness; Diseases - Breast Cancer; Philosophy / Mind & Body; Mind & Body
Description: The effects of mental disorder are apparent and pervasive, in suffering, loss of freedom and life opportunities, negative impacts on education, work satisfaction and productivity, complications in law, institutions of healthcare, and more. This book tackles the problems involved in the definition and boundaries of mental disorder.