Mental disorders, brain disorders and values

Frontiers in Psychology

Anneli Jefferson¹ 

关键词: mental disorder;    brain disorder;    dysfunction;    objectivity;    normativity;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00130

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The debates about the normativity of mental disorders and about the distinction between somatic and mental disorders have long been closely linked. This is very obvious in Szasz, who claims that there can only be brain disorders, no mental disorders and that so-called mental disorders are really problems in living. The implication of the latter claim is that people who have mental disorders are really people whose behavior and emotions depart from societal expectations. One might therefore be tempted to think that the normativity claim and the claim that mental disorders are really brain disorders stand and fall together. This is indeed what Stier claims. “Because of the normative nature of psychiatry, mental disorders cannot be completely reduced to neuronal or molecular processes.” (Stier, 2013, p.8)

【 授权许可】

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