Concept of Emotional Disorder

This book investigates the concept of emotional disorder, analyses the grounds on which an emotional state can be said to be disordered, and examines judgements of emotional health and pathology to enrich our understanding of the value of our emotions.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Setting out the Basic Evaluative Dimensions (BED) Framework


• 2: The Medicalization of Emotions (I): Circumventing the BED Framework


• 3: The Medicalization of Emotions (II): Negotiating the BED Framework


• 4: Emotions and Human Flourishing


• 5: Emotion and the Concepts of Health and Disorder


• 6: Conclusion

About the author

Gloria Sibson Ayob is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Mental Health in the Faculty of Health and Care at the University of Central Lancashire. Her research and teaching are rooted in the philosophy of psychiatry, particularly the concepts of emotional disorder, rational agency, and personal autonomy.

Summary

This book investigates the concept of emotional disorder, analyses the grounds on which an emotional state can be said to be disordered, and examines judgements of emotional health and pathology to enrich our understanding of the value of our emotions.

Product details

• Authors: Gloria Sibson Ayob, Gloria (Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Sibson Ayob
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.11.2024
• EAN: 9780198909606
• ISBN: 978-0-19-890960-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, Philosophy of Mind, MEDICAL / Pathology, Pathology, Psychiatry, Psychology: emotions, Diseases & disorders, Psychiatric and mental disorders