Vice and Psychiatric Diagnosis

Vice and Psychiatric Diagnosis outlines the implications of vice concepts being incorporated into psychiatric diagnosis and clinical practice, leading to some of the vexing problems in mental health and social care.

List of contents

• Preface


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Vice and the DSMs - the Problem


• 3: Conceptual Paradoxes in Vice and Mental Disorder


• 4: Vice and Mental Illness - an Ancient-to-Modern Iconography


• 5: Building a Moral-Medical Psychiatry


• 6: The Legal and Criminal-Justice Context of the VMDR


• 7: The Public Interest Context of the VMDR


• 8: Deepening the Analysis of the Vice-Mental Disorder Relationship


• 9: Forty Theses: Conclusions, Implications, Prescriptions


• Bibliography

About the author

John Z. Sadler, M.D. is a Professor of Psychiatry and the Daniel W. Foster, M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He is Editor-In-Chief of the Johns Hopkins University Press journal, Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology, celebrating its 30th year in 2023, and is a co-editor of the Oxford University Press book series, "International Perspectives on Philosophy and Psychiatry" the latter currently spanning over 50 volumes. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of 5 volumes for Oxford University Press addressing the philosophy and ethics of mental health care.

Summary

Vice and Psychiatric Diagnosis outlines the implications of vice concepts being incorporated into psychiatric diagnosis and clinical practice, leading to some of the vexing problems in mental health and social care.

Additional text

Some people are morally bad, whereas others are mad without being bad - so far, so good. However, there's a big and disconcerting grey area, represented by what Sadler calls the "vice-laden" DSM diagnoses. So, how do we draw the line? Must we always draw a line? Whether you agree with Sadler's conclusions or not, everyone should agree that the topic warrants an explicit discussion that doesn't shy away from all the difficulties and complications.

Product details

• Authors: Dr John Z. (Professor of Psychiatry Sadler, John Z. Sadler
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2024
• EAN: 9780198876830
• ISBN: 978-0-19-887683-0
• No. of pages: 622
• Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, MEDICAL / Mental Health, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, Philosophy of Mind, Psychiatry, Ethics & moral philosophy, Mental health services, Ethics and moral philosophy, Legal aspects of criminology, Criminology: legal aspects