A Philosophical Examination of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Cooper, Rachel. creator author. SpringerLink (Online service) text ne 2005 monographic eng

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access VII, 172 p. online resource. Classifying Madness examines the conceptual foundations of the D.S.M., the main classification of mental disorders used by psychiatrists world-wide. It will be of interest to both mental health professionals and to philosophers interested in classification in science. The D.S.M. has become extremely controversial, and the possibility that there may be philosophical difficulties with it has become a commonplace in the mental health literature. Classifying Madness offers mental health professionals an opportunity to explore suspicions that there might be conceptual problems with the D.S.M. For philosophers, this book aims to contribute to debates in the philosophy of science concerning natural kinds, the theory-ladenness of classification, and the effect of sociological factors in science. These issues are normally approached via a consideration of the natural sciences and, as will be seen, approaching them via a consideration of psychiatry helps shed new light on old problems. What is Mental Disorder? -- Are Mental Disorders Natural Kinds? -- The Problem of Theory-Ladenness -- The D.S.M. and Feedback in Applied Science. by Rachel Cooper. PHILOSOPHY (GENERAL) MEDICINE PHILOSOPHY SCIENCE PHILOSOPHY SOCIAL SCIENCES PHILOSOPHY MEDICINE PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE HISTORY OF MEDICINE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 610.1 9781402033452 99781402033452 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3345-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3345-1 100301 20260521092053.0 978-1-4020-3345-2