Mind, Meaning, and Mental Disorder: The Nature of Causal Explanation in Psychology and Psychiatry

by Jonathan Hill and Derek Bolton

Book Overview

Philosophical ideas about the mind, brain, and behavior can seem theoretical and unimportant when placed alongside the urgent questions of mental distress and disorder. However, there is a need to give direction to attempts to answer these questions. On the one hand a substantial research effort in going into the investigation of brain processes and the development of drug treatments for psychiatric disorders, and on the other, a wide range of psychotherapies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019851560X
• ISBN13: 9780198515609
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"