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368: Diseases of the Mind - Philosophy of Psychiatry

368: Diseases of the Mind - Philosophy of Psychiatry

Released Monday, 20th November 2017
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368: Diseases of the Mind - Philosophy of Psychiatry

368: Diseases of the Mind - Philosophy of Psychiatry

368: Diseases of the Mind - Philosophy of Psychiatry

368: Diseases of the Mind - Philosophy of Psychiatry

Monday, 20th November 2017
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is the primary reference catalog for mental health illnesses. But whereas a medical textbook will show you the picture of a broken bone or a tumor, leaf through the DSM and you will find just one thing: lists of symptoms. Who creates these lists, and based on what criteria? Do such lists really capture the nature of a mental illness? What does it mean to be a disease of the mind versus a disease of the body? Does our classification system construct mental illness, or does it reveal underlying facts from genetics or neuroscience? John and Ken diagnose the issues with Jerome Wakefield from NYU, co-author of "The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder."

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