Published April, 2010
By John S. Callender
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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This book explores the evolution of morality and the roles of reason and emotion in the making of moral judgments. It describes scientific research on volitional behaviour, moral decision-making, and criminality, discussing what this might mean for our practices of blame and punishment, and applying this knowledge to clinical conditions.

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Published November, 2009
By Lisa Bortolotti
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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The book is an interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of delusions. It brings together recent work in philosophy of mind, cognitive psychology and psychiatry, offering a comprehensive review of the philosophical issues raised by the psychology of normal and abnormal cognition.

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Published June, 2009
By Nancy Nyquist Potter
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a diagnosis given to a significant number of people in the Western world. Yet many of the core concepts and symptoms that underlye this diagnosis are questionable. This book presents a compelling analysis of BPD, arguing that it needs to be approached in a new light- one that will benefit patients.

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Published May, 2009
By Matthew Broome and Lisa Bortolotti
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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Psychiatry as Cognitive Neuroscience is a philosophical analysis of the role of neuroscience in the study of psychopathology. The book examines numerous cognitive neuroscientific methods, such as neuroimaging and the use of neuropsychological models, in the context of a variety of psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia, dependence syndrome, and personality disorders.

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Published April, 2009
By Grant Gillett
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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The first edition of The Mind and its Discontents was a powerful analysis of how, as a society, we view mental illness, looking beyond just biological models of mental pathologies. In the ten years since, there has been growing interest in the philosophy of psychiatry, and a new edition of this text is more timely and important than ever.

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Published February, 2009
By Linda A W Brakel and Linda A.W. Brakel
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, and the A-Rational Mind provides a powerful re-appraisal of psychoanalysis and the role it can play in helping us understand human nature. It explores basic psychological phenomena- beliefs, desires, phantasies, wishes - examining a range of fascinating case histories, and explaining their significance.

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Published August, 2008
By Paul Lysaker, John Lysaker and Paul H. Lysaker
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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With ever more detailed models of the neurobiological and social systems out of which schizophrenia is born, it is possible to overlook how suffering persons actually experience their symptoms.This book examines the experiences of persons who suffer from schizophrenia. It provides a highly readable and humane examination of this common condition.

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Published June, 2008
By Matthew Ratcliffe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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Feelings of Being is the first philosophical account of the nature, role and variety of existential feelings in psychiatric illness and in everyday life. These include feelings of familiarity, unfamiliarity, estrangement, isolation, emptiness, belonging, etc. It will be valuable for all philosophers and psychiatrists interested in emotion.

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Published May, 2008
By David A. Jopling and David Jopling
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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Psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis have had to defend themselves from a barrage of criticisms throughout their history. In this book David Jopling argues that the changes achieved through therapy are really just functions of placebos that rally the mind's native healing powers. It is a bold new work that delivers yet another blow to Freud and his followers.

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Published February, 2008
By John McMillan, Tony Hope, Guy Widdershoven and Lieke van der Scheer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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Psychiatry presents a unique array of difficult ethical questions. A major challenge is to approach psychiatry in a way that does justice to the real ethical issues. This book show how ethics can engage more closely with the reality of psychiatric practice and how empirical methodologies from the social sciences can help foster this link.

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