The six most essential questions in psychiatric diagnosis: a pluralogue. Part 4: general conclusion
| Title: | The six most essential questions in psychiatric diagnosis: a pluralogue. Part 4: general conclusion |
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| Authors: | Phillips James; Frances Allen; Cerullo Michael A; Chardavoyne John; Decker Hannah S; First Michael B; Ghaemi Nassir; Greenberg Gary; Hinderliter Andrew C; Kinghorn Warren A; LoBello Steven G; Martin Elliott B; Mishara Aaron L; Paris Joel; Pierre Joseph M; Pies Ronald W; Pincus Harold A; Porter Douglas; Pouncey Claire; Schwartz Michael A; Szasz Thomas; Wakefield Jerome C; Waterman G Scott; Whooley Owen; Zachar Peter |
| Source: | Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, Vol 7, Iss 1, p 14 (2012) |
| Publisher Information: | BMC |
| Publication Year: | 2012 |
| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| Subject Terms: | Medical philosophy. Medical ethics; R723-726 |
| Description: | In the conclusion to this multi-part article I first review the discussions carried out around the six essential questions in psychiatric diagnosis – the position taken by Allen Frances on each question, the commentaries on the respective question along with Frances’ responses to the commentaries, and my own view of the multiple discussions. In this review I emphasize that the core question is the first – what is the nature of psychiatric illness – and that in some manner all further questions follow from the first. Following this review I attempt to move the discussion forward, addressing the first question from the perspectives of natural kind analysis and complexity analysis. This reflection leads toward a view of psychiatric disorders – and future nosologies – as far more complex and uncertain than we have imagined. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://www.peh-med.com/content/7/1/14; https://doaj.org/toc/1747-5341; https://doaj.org/article/a3e80eca14a0461083dcacab8d0ba8e4 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1747-5341-7-14 |
| Availability: | https://doi.org/10.1186/1747-5341-7-14; https://doaj.org/article/a3e80eca14a0461083dcacab8d0ba8e4 |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.18C4F40E |
| Database: | BASE |