Classifying Psychopathology: Mental Kinds And Natural Kinds (philosophical Psychopathology)
by Harold Kincaid /
2014 / English / EPUB
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In this volume, leading philosophers of psychiatry examine
psychiatric classification systems, including the
In this volume, leading philosophers of psychiatry examine
psychiatric classification systems, including theDiagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), asking
whether current systems are sufficient for effective diagnosis,
treatment, and research. Doing so, they take up the question of
whether mental disorders are natural kinds, grounded in something
in the outside world. Psychiatric categories based on natural
kinds should group phenomena in such a way that they are subject
to the same type of causal explanations and respond similarly to
the same type of causal interventions. When these categories do
not evince such groupings, there is reason to revise existing
classifications. The contributors all question current
psychiatric classifications systems and the assumptions on which
they are based. They differ, however, as to why and to what
extent the categories are inadequate and how to address the
problem. Topics discussed include taxometric methods for
identifying natural kinds, the error and bias inherent in DSM
categories, and the complexities involved in classifying such
specific mental disorders as "oppositional defiance disorder" and
pathological gambling.
(DSM), asking
whether current systems are sufficient for effective diagnosis,
treatment, and research. Doing so, they take up the question of
whether mental disorders are natural kinds, grounded in something
in the outside world. Psychiatric categories based on natural
kinds should group phenomena in such a way that they are subject
to the same type of causal explanations and respond similarly to
the same type of causal interventions. When these categories do
not evince such groupings, there is reason to revise existing
classifications. The contributors all question current
psychiatric classifications systems and the assumptions on which
they are based. They differ, however, as to why and to what
extent the categories are inadequate and how to address the
problem. Topics discussed include taxometric methods for
identifying natural kinds, the error and bias inherent in DSM
categories, and the complexities involved in classifying such
specific mental disorders as "oppositional defiance disorder" and
pathological gambling.Contributors
ContributorsGeorge Graham, Nick Haslam, Allan Horwitz,
Harold Kincaid, Dominic Murphy, Jeffrey Poland, Nancy Nyquist
Potter, Don Ross, Dan Stein, Jacqueline Sullivan, Serife Tekin,
Peter Zachar
George Graham, Nick Haslam, Allan Horwitz,
Harold Kincaid, Dominic Murphy, Jeffrey Poland, Nancy Nyquist
Potter, Don Ross, Dan Stein, Jacqueline Sullivan, Serife Tekin,
Peter Zachar
