The Value of Disorder

The Value of Disorder

Author: Julien Brachet

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-05-09

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 1108428339

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Based on long-term research in northern Chad, this book provides a unique account of mobility, wealth, and aspirations to political autonomy at the heart of the contemporary Sahara.


Defining Mental Disorder

Defining Mental Disorder

Author: Luc Faucher

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2021-02-16

Total Pages: 641

ISBN-13: 0262362783

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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 the first book-length collection of responses by philosophers to Wakefield's harmful dysfunction analysis (HDA), offering a survey of philosophical critiques as well as extensive and detailed replies by Wakefield himself.


Personality Disorder

Personality Disorder

Author: Peter Tyrer

Publisher: RCPsych Publications

Published: 2022-02-24

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 1108956351

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Personality disorder affects more than 10% of the population but is widely ignored by health professionals as it is viewed as a term of stigma. The new classification of personality disorder in the ICD-11 shows that we are all on a spectrum of personality disturbance and that this can change over time. This important new book explains why all health professionals need to be aware of personality disorders in their clinical practice. Abnormal personality, at all levels of severity, should be taken into account when choosing treatment, when predicting outcomes, when anticipating relapse, and when explaining diagnosis. Authored by leading experts in this field, this book explains how the new classification of personality disorders in the ICD-11 helps to select treatment programmes, plan long-term management and avoid adverse consequences in the treatment of this patient group.


Defining Mental Disorder

Defining Mental Disorder

Author: Luc Faucher

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2021-02-16

Total Pages: 641

ISBN-13: 0262045648

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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 the first book-length collection of responses by philosophers to Wakefield's harmful dysfunction analysis (HDA), offering a survey of philosophical critiques as well as extensive and detailed replies by Wakefield himself.


Naturalism, interpretation, and mental disorder

Naturalism, interpretation, and mental disorder

Author: Somogy Varga

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2015-08-27

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0191064254

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The Philosophy of Psychiatry is a unique area of research because the nature of the subject matter leads to quite distinct methodological issues. Naturalism, Interpretation, and Mental Disorder is an original new work focusing on the challenges we face when trying to interpret and understand mental illness. The book integrates a hermeneutical perspective, and shows how such an approach can reveal important facts about historical sources in psychiatry and the nature of dialogue in the therapeutic encounter. In addition, the book demonstrates how such an approach can be valuable for understanding the concept of mental disorder itself. Naturalism, Interpretation, and Mental Disorder brings fresh thinking to the philosophy of psychiatry, and will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of Mental Health and Philosophy.


Disorder and the Disinformation Society

Disorder and the Disinformation Society

Author: Jonathan Paul Marshall

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-04-17

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1317436385

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This book is the first general social analysis that seriously considers the daily experience of information disruption and software failure within contemporary Western society. Through an investigation of informationalism, defined as a contemporary form of capitalism, it describes the social processes producing informational disorder. While most social theory sees disorder as secondary, pathological or uninteresting, this book takes disordering processes as central to social life. The book engages with theories of information society which privilege information order, offering a strong counterpoint centred on "disinformation." Disorder and the Disinformation Society offers a practical agenda, arguing that difficulties in producing software are both inherent to the process of developing software and in the social dynamics of informationalism. It outlines the dynamics of software failure as they impinge on of information workers and on daily life, explores why computerized finance has become inherently self-disruptive, asks how digital enclosure and intellectual property create conflicts over cultural creativity and disrupt informational accuracy and scholarship, and reveals how social media can extend, but also distort, the development of social movements.


Overcoming Bipolar Disorder

Overcoming Bipolar Disorder

Author: Romain U. DuFour

Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.

Published: 2021-03-30

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1636306985

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Bipolar II Disorder

Bipolar II Disorder

Author: Gordon Parker

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-01-03

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1108355900

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The lifetime risk of developing bipolar II disorder is 5-7%, yet the condition is often poorly detected. Mood elevation states are less extreme than in bipolar I disorder although the depressive episodes are usually severe. When correctly treated, the outcome is positive, but bipolar II is often poorly managed, resulting in a high suicide rate. This is the only academic and clinical management review focused entirely on bipolar II, scrutinizing history, epidemiology, burden and neurobiology and including an extensive clinical debate by international experts about effective management strategies. Now in its third edition, this book features new chapters on the limitations to clinical treatment trials and perinatal management nuances. In a completely new section, international experts offer their personal responses and distinctive wisdom to key management issues and allow the reader to observe a variety of opinions.


Musculoskeletal Disorder

Musculoskeletal Disorder

Author: Marie Alricsson

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2012-04-04

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9535104853

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Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are a significant problem throughout the world. The work environment has undergone rapid changes in recent years. With increasing number of workers being tied to man, machine systems, susceptibility to constrained postures, visual strain and mental and physical stresses have increased. This book is a collaboration among many clinicians and researchers and a small step in addressing these issues by discussing various aspects of musculoskeletal disorders from different professions, researchers and countries.