Awais Aftab - Psychiatry and Anti-Psychiatry
Mental Disorder
The Intersection of Philosophy and Psychiatry
The field of psychiatry often attracts individuals with interests in art, philosophy, or literature who also seek a practical career. Unlike other medical professions, psychiatry involves thinking deeply about the nature of psychiatric concepts, the disagreements surrounding them, and the judgments involved. In philosophical psychiatry, conferences explore topics such as mental illness, psychopathology, and the boundary between normality and psychopathology. They also examine the influence of social constructs on psychiatric classifications and the subsequent impact on individuals' self-understanding. This intersection has generated discussions around the nature of psychiatric diagnostic constructs as natural, pragmatic, or social kinds. The concept of epistemic justice, reflecting on knowledge and power dynamics, has also gained emphasis in recent years within this field.
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