Mapping the Edges and the In-between - A Critical Analysis of Borderline Personality Disorder

Zusatztext ...Nancy Potter has produced an incisive and thoughtful analysis of one of the ethically and clinically troubling problems of psychiatry...Mapping the Edges and In-between is a fine example of careful philosophical analysis. Informationen zum Autor Nancy Nyquist Potter is a professor of philosophy at the University of Louisville and a core faculty member of the university's Interdisciplinary M.A. in Bioethics and Medical Humanities. Her research ranges from virtue ethics to philosophies of peace and to mental health and illness. She has had considerable volunteer clinical experience with people in crisis, sex offenders, and people who come to hospital in need of psychiatric care. She also works in the local community to advance medical ethics. Nancy Potter is the author of the monograph 'How Can I Be Trusted?' and two edited anthologies. She is the president of the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry. Klappentext Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a diagnosis given to a significant number of people in the Western world. Yet many of the core concepts & symptoms that go with 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. Zusammenfassung 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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• Authors: Nancy Nyquist Potter, Nancy (Professor of Philosophy; University of Louisville Core faculty Nyquist Potter, Nyquist Potter Nancy, Nancy Potter
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2009
• EAN: 9780198530213
• ISBN: 978-0-19-853021-3
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry; International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry; International Perspectives in
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Psychotherapie, Psychiatrie, Philosophie des Geistes, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism