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"This book explores the central questions and themes lying at the heart of a vibrant area of philosophical inquiry. Aligning core issues in psychiatry with traditional philosophical areas, it presents a focused overview of the historical and contemporary problems dominating the philosophy of psychiatry. Beginning with an introduction to research issues, it addresses what psychiatry is and distinguishes it from other areas of medical practice, other health care professions and psychology. With each section of the companion corresponding to a philosophical subject, contributors systematically relate themes in philosophy of psychiatry to topics in philosophy of mind, phenomenology, philosophy of science, ethics, social and political philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of medicine. Looking ahead to new research directions, chapters address recent issues including the metaphysics of mental disorders, gender and race in psychiatry and psychiatric ethics. Featuring discussion questions, suggestions for further reading and an annotated bibliography, The Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophy of Psychiatry is an accessible survey of the debates and developments in the field suitable for undergraduates in philosophy and professional philosophers new to philosophy of psychiatry"-- Introduction to philosophy of psychiatry / Serife Tekin and Robyn Bluhm -- What is psychiatry? / Mona Gupta -- Understanding the nature of mental states: psychiatry, the mind-body problem, and the biopsychosocial model of medicine / Jesse Butler -- "Aren't mental disorders just chemical imbalances?," "aren't mental disorders just brain dysfunctions?," and other frequently asked questions about mental disorders / Ginger A. Hoffman -- Psychopathy, autism, and basic moral emotions: evidence for sentimentalist constructivism / Erick Jose Ramirez -- Anorexia nervosa and the embodied mind / Lana Kühle -- Merleau Ponty and the foundations of psychopathology / Anthony Fernandez -- Transformation through dialogue: Gadamer and the phenomenology of impaired intersubjectivity in depression / Constantin-Alexander Mehmel -- Philosophy of science, psychiatric classification, and the DSM / Jonathan Y. Tsou -- Inductive risks and psychiatric classification / Aaron Kostko -- Causal explanation in psychiatry / Tuomas K. Pernu -- Trauma-informed psychiatric research / Ami Harbin -- Informed consent in psychiatry: philosophical and legal issues / Claire Pouncey and Jon F. Merz -- The ethics of coercion and other forms of influence / Kelso Cratsley -- Voice, silencing, and listening well: socially located patients, oppressive structures, and an invitation to shift the epistemic terrain / Nancy Nyquist Potter -- Mental illness, agency, and responsibility / Michelle Ciurria -- Philosophers, psychopaths, and neuroethics / Matthew Ruble -- Neurodiversity theory and its discontents / Robert Chapman -- Managing individuals and populations through psychiatric classification / Devonya Havis and Melissa Mosko -- The North African syndrome: traversing the distance to the cultural "other" / Bryan Mukandi -- Mental disorder, free will, and personal autonomy / Christian Perring -- Metaphysical problems in psychiatric classification and nosology / Peter Zachar -- Scientific realism, anti-realism and psychiatric diagnosis / Sam Fellowes -- Social epistemology and psychiatry / Anke Bueter -- The functions of diagnoses in medicine and psychiatry / Hane Htut Maung -- Mental health and illness: past debates and future directions / Reinier Schuur
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