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Advances in psychiatric research and clinical psychiatry in the last 30 years have given rise to new questions that lie at the intersection of psychiatry, neuroscience, philosophy and law. Bringing these topics together for the first time, this book explores the medical and philosophical implications of neuroscience in the mental health field.
Sommario
- Introduction
- 1: A Paradigm for Psychiatry
- 2: Disorders of Consciousness, Memory and Will
- 3: Treating Psychiatric Disorders: Less Invasive and Non-Invasive Interventions
- 4: Psychiatric Neurosurgery
- 5: Neuromodulation: Control, Identity and Justice
- 6: Intervening in the Psychopath's Brain
- 7: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide for Psychiatric Disorders
- 8: Prediction and Prevention
- Epilogue: Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Philosophy
Info autore
Walter Glannon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Calgary. He received his PhD in Philosophy from Yale University. His research interests lie primarily in the areas of free will, moral and legal responsibility, transplantation ethics and neuroethics.
Riassunto
Advances in psychiatric research and clinical psychiatry in the last 30 years have given rise to new questions that lie at the intersection of psychiatry, neuroscience, philosophy and law. Bringing these topics together for the first time, this book explores the medical and philosophical implications of neuroscience in the mental health field.
Testo aggiuntivo
Walter Glannon's Psychiatric Neuroethics provides keen insights into the intersecting domains of brain science, mental health practice, philosophy, ethics, and law. In addressing longstanding philosophical questions about the nature of the mind, self, and psychiatry as a discipline, Glannon presents a detailed examination of the ways in which ongoing neuroscientific research has been used, or in some cases misused, in the understanding, classification, diagnosis, and care of mental illness. This book affords a prudent perspective on neuroethical issues, questions, and possible solutions that are important in guiding applications of brain science in the clinical practices of the field-in- evolution that is psychiatry.
