Dan Stein (University of Cape Town), "Problems of Living: Practising Psychiatry With Wisdom"
Philosophy of Psychiatry Webinar聽| Fall 2022
"Problems of Living: Practising Psychiatry With Wisdom"
Dan Stein (University of Cape Town)
Thursday, November 17, 2022
12:00-1:30 PM
Abstract:聽Both philosophy and psychiatry are deeply concerned with 鈥減roblems of living鈥�. Kant asked 鈥淲hat can I know?鈥�, 鈥淲hat must I do?鈥�, and 鈥淲hat may I hope?鈥�; questions that remain central in philosophy. In psychiatry, related questions arise about the nature of psychiatric diagnosis, the causes of mental illness, and the appropriate interventions for these conditions. It may be useful to contrast 鈥淐lassical鈥� and 鈥淐ritical鈥� approaches to questions about psychiatric diagnosis, etiology, and intervention; an 鈥淚ntegrative鈥� approach that draws on the best aspects of these positions seems wisest. A number of 鈥減aradigm shifts鈥� for psychiatry have recently been proposed, including by those working on clinical neuroscience, public mental health, evidence-based psychiatry, and positive psychiatry; instead an incremental and integrated approach to advancing the field may be optimal.
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