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Author:   Derek Bolton (, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK) ,  Jonathan Hill (, University of Liverpool, and Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, Liverpool, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9780198515609

ISBN 10:   019851560
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   25 March 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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...an excellent discussion and philosophical critque of the use of the term 'mental disorder'. The Psychologist The first edition of this book published in 1996, is already something of a classic. This second edition... is an excellent book that should be read by any mental health professiona, carer or user of mental health services who is trying to reconcile the myriad explanations put forward as causes of mental illness or justifications for a treatment's efficacy. Mental Health Today From reviews of the previous edition: This book represents a spirited effort to retain some respect for meaning in human life. It is very well written and eloquently argued. It should be read by all philosophers and by psychologists and psychiatrists interested in the foundations of their discipline. Psychological Medicine Recent work on evolutionary psychology emphasizes the importance of understanding the evolutionary function of cognitive mechanisms in charaterizing mental disorders. Bolton and Hill's account offers an important variant on these new approaches. The Philosophical Review This book succeeds in initiating a genuine process of interaction between the world of mental health and that of philosophy of mind. It is exemplary in its scholarship and clarity. Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor, University College, London, and Research Director, Anna Freud Centre This book will be a landmark in the philosophy of psychiatry, and should be read by anybody interested in mental disorder or the philosophy of mind. David Papineau, Professor of Philosophy of Science, Kings College, London A meticulously crafted account of meaning and cause which generates a theory of mind rich enough to encompass the wide diversity of human psychopathology. K. W. M. Fulford, Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health, University of Warwick

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