Clinical Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Is it really possible to decompose depression, or obsessive compulsive disorder, or the schizophrenias, or specific phobias, into constituent behaviours and experiences the appreciation of which need involve no awareness of them as 'symptoms of mental illness '? Why won't it do?

Psychiatry 64

Psychiatry Psychiatric Schizophrenia Adoption 64

Clinical Philosophy

MARCH 19, 2022

And then later, in one of her first clinical psychology lessons, she learns about the 'paranoid schizophrenia' diagnosis: "Oh my God", she thinks, "that's my dad! Thus Shaw eagerly takes up Al-Khalili's suggestion that the illumination came because "nobody had labelled" his paranoid behaviour 'schizophrenia' before.)

Schizophrenia 40

Schizophrenia Psychiatric Psychology Adoption 40

Clinical Philosophy

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Her diagnosis is 'paranoid schizophrenia'; she believes others can read her thoughts and are constantly discussing her. Cooper's Argument As I detail Cooper's reading I'll number her key claims: Laing offers us an 'account of schizophrenia' and claims that 'schizophrenia is not 'in' the diagnosed patients.' She appears deluded.

Schizophrenia 52

Schizophrenia Psychiatry Psychology Interviewing 52