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Anatomy Of An Avatar - The Virtual Self In Pathologies Of Self Awareness

by Philip Gerrans

~~43,71€~~ 39,34€ 10% OFF

 This book applies a powerful framework in computational neuroscience (predictive coding and active inference) to explain psychiatric disorders that are characterised by pathologies of self-awareness. It shows how the self is best conceived of as an avatar or model made by the brain for the fundamental purpose of optimising basic bodily function. That avatar integrates and coordinates neurocomputation across the mind. It allows the mind to anticipate and respond to sensory information that bears on the organisms prospects. The self is thus a model (avatar) made by the brain to allow the body to play the game of life. When activity in circuitry that implements the avatar is compromised a variety of psychiatric disorders result.Anatomy of an Avatar provides a theoretical framework for theories of embodied selfhood anchored in homoestatic regulation, as well as exploring psychiatric disorders involving the self and the empirical application of concepts of free energy minimisation, active inference and predictive processing. The book also includes key case studies in the cognitive neuropsychiatry of self awareness and test cases for philosophical concepts of self representation and the experience of self awareness.The book will be essential reading for those in the fields of psychology and consciousness, psychiatry, and philosophy.
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Philosophical Perspectives On Psychedelic Psychiatry

~~37,09€~~ 33,38€ 10% OFF

 A recent wave of research in psychiatry and neuroscience has re-examined the properties of "classic" psychedelic substances - also known as serotonergic hallucinogens - such as psilocybin, LSD, and DMT. Evidence to date suggests that psychedelics can be given safely in controlled conditions, at moderate to high doses, and may have potential as therapeutic agents in the treatment of various addictive and mood disorders. The main mechanism of action appears to be the induction of a dramatically altered state of consciousness, but the details of how psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy works are hotly debated, as are the relations between psychedelic experiences themselves and the neural changes induced by the drugs. Philosophical Perspectives on Psychedelic Psychiatry addresses the fascinating philosophical questions raised by the renewed psychiatric use of psychedelics, with chapters from leading philosophers of mind, science, and psychiatry centred around three main themes. Chapters in the "self and mind" section ask: what can we learn about the self and the mind from psychedelic science? Chapters in the "science and psychiatry" section address methodological, theoretical, and clinical questions concerning how psychedelics can best be studied scientifically and used therapeutically, and how they might work to relieve psychiatric suffering. Finally, chapters in the "ethics and spirituality" section address broader questions about the interpretation of psychedelic experience, its ethical implications, and its possible role(s) in the broader culture.
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Vice And Psychiatric Diagnosis

by John Z. Sadler

~~102,01€~~ 91,81€ 10% OFF

 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.
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Anatomy Of An Avatar - The Virtual Self In Pathologies Of Self Awareness

by Prof Philip (Professor Of Philosophy, Professor Of Philosophy, University Of Adelaide) Gerrans

~~56,77€~~ 51,09€ 10% OFF

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 Anatomy of an Avatar provides a theoretical framework for theories of embodied selfhood anchored in homoestatic regulation, as well as exploring psychiatric disorders involving the self and the empirical application of concepts of free energy minimisation, active inference and predictive processing.
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Vice And Psychiatric Diagnosis

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 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.
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Psychiatry Reborn: Biopsychosocial Psychiatry In Modern Medicine

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 With contributions from psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, this book provides the most comprehensive account to date of the interplay between biological, psychological, and social factors in mental health and their ethical dimensions.
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Philosophy Of Psychedelics

by Chris Letheby

22,51€ + 10% CARD

 This book is the first scholarly monograph in English devoted to the philosophical analysis of psychedelic drugs. Its central focus is the apparent conflict between the growing use of psychedelics in psychiatry and the philosophical worldview of naturalism.
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Psychiatry Reborn: Biopsychosocial Psychiatry In Modern Medicine

31,79€ + 10% CARD

 With contributions from psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, this book provides the most comprehensive account to date of the interplay between biological, psychological, and social factors in mental health and their ethical dimensions.
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Philosophy Of Psychedelics

by Dr Chris (Lecturer In Philosophy, Lecturer In Philosophy, University Of Western Australia) Letheby

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 This book is the first scholarly monograph in English devoted to the philosophical analysis of psychedelic drugs. Its central focus is the apparent conflict between the growing use of psychedelics in psychiatry and the philosophical worldview of naturalism.
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Thomas Szasz - An Appraisal Of His Legacy

35,76€ + 10% CARD

 Thomas Szasz wrote over thirty books and several hundred articles, replete with mordant criticism of psychiatry. His works made him arguably one of the world's most recognized psychiatrists, albeit one of the most controversial. This book critically examines the legacy of a man who challenged the very concept of mental illness.
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Madness And The Demand For Recognition - A Philosophical Inquiry Into Identity And Mental Health Activism

by Mohammed Abouelleil Rashed

38,41€ + 10% CARD

 Developments in mental health activism pose a radical challenge to psychiatric and societal understandings of madness. Mad Pride and mad-positive activism reject the language of mental 'illness' and 'disorder' and demand recognition of madness as grounds for identity. This book examines and responds to the claims and demands of Mad activism.
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Psychiatric Neuroethics - Studies In Research And Practice

by Walter Glannon

27,81€ + 10% CARD

 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.
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Philosophical Issues In Psychiatry Iv - Psychiatric Nosology

54,31€ + 10% CARD

 The revisions of both DSM-IV and ICD-10 have again focused the interest of the field of psychiatry and clinical psychology on the questions of nosology. This book reviews issues within psychiatric nosology from clinical, historical and particularly philosophical perspectives. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of distinguished authors.
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Lost In Dialogue - Anthropology, Psychopathology, And Care

by Giovanni Stanghellini

45,04€ + 10% CARD

 The field of psychiatry has long struggled with developing models of practice; most underemphasize the interpersonal aspects of clinical practice. This essay is unique in putting intersubjectivity front and centre. It is an attempt to provide a clinical method to re-establish the fragile dialogue of the soul with oneself and with others
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Virtue Of Defiance And Psychiatric Engagement

by Nancy Nyquist Potter

31,79€ + 10% CARD

 This book offers a nuanced and complex look at defiance, taking seriously issues of dysfunction while also attending to the social contexts in which defiant behaviour may arise. Case studies, a framework for differentiating different forms of defiance, and a realistic picture of phronesis (practical reasoning) are all covered.
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Vagueness In Psychiatry

52,99€ + 10% CARD

 In psychiatry there is no sharp boundary between the normal and the pathological. Although clear cases abound, it is often indeterminate whether a particular condition does or does not qualify as a mental disorder. For example, definitions of subthreshold disorders and of the prodromal stages of diseases are notoriously contentious.
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Madness And Modernism - Insanity In The Light Of Modern Art, Literature, And Thought (Revised Edition)

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 Madness and Modernism provides a phenomenological study of schizophrenic disorders, criticizing some standard conceptions of these disorders. Sass argues that many aspects of this group of disorders can actually involve more sophisticated (albeit dysfunctional) forms of mind and experience.
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Philosophical Issues In Psychiatry Iv - Psychiatric Nosology

105,45€ + 10% CARD

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 The revisions of both DSM-IV and ICD-10 have again focused the interest of the field of psychiatry and clinical psychology on the questions of nosology. This book reviews issues within psychiatric nosology from clinical, historical and particularly philosophical perspectives. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of distinguished authors.
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Healing Virtues - Character Ethics In Psychotherapy

by Duff R. Waring

43,71€ + 10% CARD

 The Healing Virtues explores the intersection of psychotherapy and virtue ethics - with an emphasis on the patient's role within a healing process. It considers how the common ground between the therapeutic process and the cultivation of virtues can inform the efforts of both therapist and patient.
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Philosophy Of Psychiatry - A Companion

54,31€ + 10% CARD

 This Companion is a comprehensive resource of new essays by leading thinkers on the newly emerging interdisciplinary field of the philosophy of psychiatry. The contributors define the field and highlight the philosophical assumptions that underlie psychiatric theory and practice.
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Virtuous Psychiatrist - Character Ethics In Psychiatric Practice

by Jennifer Radden e John Sadler

51,66€ + 10% CARD

 The practice of psychiatric care for those with severe mental disorders is the focus of this interdisciplinary work by a philosopher and a clinician. In elucidating the moral psychology and character called for by that setting, The Virtuous Psychiatrist offers a sustained application of virtue theory to the particular practice of psychiatry.
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Thomas Szasz - An Appraisal Of His Legacy

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 Thomas Szasz wrote over thirty books and several hundred articles, replete with mordant criticism of psychiatry. His works made him arguably one of the world's most recognized psychiatrists, albeit one of the most controversial. This book critically examines the legacy of a man who challenged the very concept of mental illness.

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