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1. vagueness in psychiatry www.peoplewho.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:52:02 -0700 From: Sylvia Caras <[email protected]> Subject: vagueness in psychiatry Vagueness in psychiatry / edited by Geert Keil, Lara Keuck, Rico Hauswald. Oxford University Press. In psychiatry there is no sharp boundary between the normal and the pathological. Although clear cases abound, it is often indeterminate whether a particular condition does or does not qualify as a mental disorder. For example, definitions of subthreshold disorders and of the prodromal stages of diseases are notoriously contentious. Philosophers and linguists call concepts that lack sharp boundaries, and thus admit of borderline cases, 'vague'. Although blurred boundaries between the normal and the pathological are a recurrent theme in many publications concerned with the classification of mental disorders, systematic approaches that take into account philosophical reflections on vagueness are rare. This book provides interdisciplinary discussions about vagueness in psychiatry by bringing together scholars from psychiatry, psychology, philosophy, history, and law. It draws together various lines of inquiry into the nature of gradations between mental health and disease and discusses the individual and societal consequences of dealing with blurred boundaries in medical practice, forensic psychiatry, and beyond. - From back cover. Powered by LSoft's LISTSERV(R) list management software ------------------------------ End of IRIS Digest - 22 Sep 2017 to 25 Sep 2017 (#2017-38) **********************************************************
