Rethinking Psychopathology: creative convergences

Abstract

This book presents an original approach to the study of psychiatry that is based on a justified epistemological position, which demands that both the natural and the human/social sciences are necessary in developing our understanding. Psychiatry as a medical specialism was constructed in the nineteenth century through the interplay of both the natural sciences and the human/social sciences. This interplay has created a hybrid discipline that spans biological and socio-cultural-historical domains, which has raised challenges for its understanding and research. This book focuses on one of the principal challenges – how can we explore mental symptoms and mental disorders as complexes of neurobiology on the one hand and meaning on the other?

Citation

Marková, I. S., & Chen, E. (Eds.). (2020). Rethinking Psychopathology: creative convergences. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43439-7

• Book Type: Edited Book
• Online Publication Date: Jun 11, 2020
• Publication Date: Jun 12, 2020
• Deposit Date: Aug 6, 2024
• Publisher: Springer
• Series Title: Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences
• Series ISSN: 2523-8663 ; 2523-8671
• ISBN: 9783030434380 ; 9783030434410
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43439-7
• Keywords: Epistemology of psychiatry; Cambridge school of psychopathology; Social sciences; Psychiatry; Human behavior; Neurobiology; Neuropsychology; Psychopathology
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4784436