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The Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry

Written by: KWM Fulford, George Graham, and Tim Thornton 

Mental health research and care in the twenty first century faces a series of conceptual and ethical challenges arising from unprecedented advances in the neurosciences, combined with radical cultural and organisational change. The Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry is aimed at all those responding to these challenges, from professionals in health and social care, managers, lawyers and policy makers; service users, informal carers and others in the voluntary sector; through to philosophers, neuroscientists and clinical researchers.
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Please acknowledge any use you make of these materials citing the reference as Fulford, KWM, Graham, G., and Thornton, T. (2006) The Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

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Contents and forewords

Contents and Forewords
Contents
Detailed contents
Acknowledgements
Reading guides
Preface
Foreword from the voluntary sector by Lord Adebowale
Foreword from clinical practice by Professor Ahmed Okasha
Foreword from philosophy by Baroness Warnock
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Part one - Core concepts in philosophy and mental health

ChapterReading Material
Introduction to Part One - Core concepts in philosophy and
mental health
Chapter one - Introduction, Progress in Five PartsChapter one reading material - Instructions for reading
Chapter two - Philosophical Problems in Mental
Health Practice and Research		Reading material - Chapter two
Chapter three - Experiences Good and Bad: An Introduction
To Psychopathology, Classification, and Diagnosis
for Philosophers (co-author: Richard Gipps)		N/A
Chapter four - Philosophical Methods in Mental Health
Practice and Research (co-author:
Matthew Philpott)		Reading material - Chapter four
Chapter five - Arguments Good and Bad: An Introduction
to Philosophical Logic for Practitioners
(Appendix: Paul Sturdee)		Reading material - Chapter five
Chapter six - Philosophical Outputs in Mental Health
Practice and Research		Reading material - Chapter six
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Part two - A philosophical history of psycohopathology

ChapterReading Material
Introduction to part two - A philosophical history of
psychopathology
Chapter seven - A Brief History of Mental DisorderReading material - Chapter seven
Chapter eight -Karl Jaspers and General Psychopathology
(Co-author: Chris Walker)		Reading material - Chapter eight
Chapter nine - Phenomenology and Psychopathology
(Co-author: Ian Lyne)		Reading material - Chapter nine
Chapter ten - Psychopathology and the “Methodenstreit”
(Co-author: Ian Lyne)		Reading material - Chapter ten
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Part three - Philosophy of science and mental health

ChapterReading Material
Introduction to part three - Philosophy of science and mental health
Chapter eleven - Psychoanalysis: An Introduction to the
Philosophy of Science (Co-author:
Paul Sturdee)		Reading material - Chapter eleven
Chapter twelve - Psychopathology and the Theory
Dependence of Data		Reading material - Chapter twelve
Chapter thirteen - Natural Classifications, Realism, and
Psychiatric Science		Reading material - Chapter thirteen
Chapter fourteen - Diagnosis, Explanation, and Tacit
Knowledge		Reading material - Chapter fourteen
Chapter fifteen - Causes, Laws, and Reasons in Psychiatric
Aetiology		Reading material - Chapter fifteen
Chapter sixteen - Knowledge, Research, and Evidence-Based
Medicine		Reading material chapter sixteen
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Part Four - Values, ethics, and mental health

ChapterReading Material
Introduction to part four - Values, ethics, and mental health
Chapter seventeen - Tools of the Trade: An Introduction to
Psychiatric Ethics		Reading material chapter seventeen
Chapter eighteen - From Bioethics to Values-Based PracticeReading material chapter eighteen
Chapter nineteen - It’s the Law! Rationality and Consent as a
Case Study in Values and Mental Health Law
(Co-author: Mark Bratton)		Reading material chapter ninteen
Chapter twenty - Values in Psychiatric DiagnosisReading material chapter twenty
Chapter twenty one - From Bioethics to Values-Based Practice
in Psychiatric Diagnosis		Reading material chapter twenty one
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Part Five - Philosophy of mind and mental health

ChapterReading Material
Introduction to part five - Philosophy of mind and mental health
Chapter twenty two - Mind, Brain, and Mental Illness: An
Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
(Co-author: Paul Sturdee)		Reading material chapter twenty two
Chapter twenty three - The Mind–Body Problem and Mental
Health, a Philosophical Update		Reading material chapter twenty three
Chapter twenty four - Reasons and the content of mental states:
Part 1 Reductionist Theories		Reading material chapter twenty four
Chapter twenty five - Reasons and the content of mental states:
Part 2 Antireductionism and discursive
psychology		Reading material chapter twenty five
Chapter twenty six - Agency, Causation, and FreedomReading material chapter twenty six
Chapter twenty seven - Knowledge of other mindsReading material chapter twenty seven
Chapter twenty eight - Personal identity and schizophreniaReading material chapter twenty eight
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Conclusion

Chapter
Chapter twenty nine - Histories of the Future: (Co-author:
Paul Hoff )
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Learning points, References, and Indices

Learning points, References, and Indices
Key learning points
Cumulative list of References
Readings
Name Index
Subject index
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