Book review: The Logic of Madness: A New Theory of Mental Illness

Frontiers in Psychology

Claire M. Fletcher-Flinn¹ 

关键词: psychiatry;    mental illness;    mental disorder;    acute personality disorder;    madness;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00946

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Most of us believe that the mad are “mentally” ill, having a disease of the brain, either psycho-chemical or neurobiological in nature. This view is shared widely, by professionals in the field, and popularized in books, films, and other media. Professional diagnosis by psychiatrists of the various disorders is based on behavioral symptoms, as defined and classified by the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition1 (DSM-5). Much of the behavior of those afflicted with a mental disorder, by definition, is not rational. But, could it be?

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