Science of Mental Illness

Name: Science of Mental Illness
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ISBN: 9780122917455

ISBN-10: 0122917456

ISBN-13: 9780122917455

Edition: 1992

Authors: Ethan E. Gorenstein

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This book presents an overview of mental illnes and how the investigation, definition, and classification of mental disorders has evolved along with the evolution of science. The book indicates how scientific methodology, applied to investigations of such disorders as schizophrenia and alcoholism, proved a biological basis for many disorders.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date: 8/10/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 158
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Overview
Defining Mental Illness: Scientific Implications	p. 3
Methods of Defining Mental Illness	p. 6
Two Questions	p. 10
Scientific Implications	p. 16
Scientific Foundations of Psychopathology
Scientific Explanation of Deviant Behavior	p. 29
The Deductive-Nomological Model of Scientific Explanation	p. 30
Application of the Deductive-Nomological Model to Deviant Behavior	p. 32
Bringing the Antecedent Conditions up to Specification	p. 43
Mental Variables and Scientific Explanation of Deviant Behavior: Behaviorism Revised	p. 51
Categories of Mental Disorder: Taxonomic Explanation	p. 63
Construct Validation or the "Bootstraps" Method	p. 65
Taxonomic Explanation	p. 85
Categories as Causes: Implications for an Evolving Classification	p. 91
Categories Are Causes	p. 92
Implications for Classification	p. 94
Nature of a "Causal" Classification	p. 101
Distal Causes of Deviant Behavior	p. 106
Conclusion: The Problem of Explanation	p. 107
Achieving Theoretical Unity in Psychopathology
Psychopathology and the Causal Nervous System	p. 113
The Causal Nervous System	p. 114
Three Errors of Common Biological Approaches to Deviant Behavior	p. 119
Functional Organization of the Central Nervous System	p. 134
Conclusion	p. 142
References	p. 147
Index	p. 155
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