The physical basis of mental illness
By: Ronald Chase
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Brunswick
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781412842648
Subjects: Psychology; Physiopathology; Mental Processes; Mental Disorders; Mental illness; Physiology; Psychophysiology; Medical Philosophy; Psychoanalytic Theory; Physiological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-154) and index.
Table of contents: title: Three historical vignettes; title: The search for understanding; title: Descartes' dualism; title: Dualism supports stigmatization and other unhelpful attitudes; title: Philosophical alternatives to Cartesian dualism; title: Mental illnesses are brain illnesses; title: Toward a reconciliation of philosophy and science in psychiatry.