Defining Mental Disorder: Jerome Wakefield and His Critics

(Part of the Philosophical Psychopathology Series)

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Philosophers discuss Jerome Wakefield's influential view of mental disorder as "harmful dysfunction," with detailed responses from Wakefield himself.

One of the most pressing theoretical problems of psychiatry is the definition of mental disorder. Jerome Wakefield's proposal that mental disorder is "harmful dysfunction" has been both influential and widely debated; philosophers have been notably skeptical about it. This volume provides...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0262045648

ISBN13:9780262045643

Release Date:February 2021

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:640 Pages

Weight:2.42 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.9" x 9.1"

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Defining Mental Disorder: Jerome Wakefield and His Critics

(Part of the Philosophical Psychopathology Series)

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