A philosophical view on concepts in psychiatry

Malmgren, Helge,1945Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori,Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science (author)

This essay first outlines a philosophical theory of concepts and then applies it to two areas of relevance to psychiatrists, especially forensic psychiatrists. In the philosophical theory, the respective roles of verbal and non-verbal definitions are illuminated, and the importance of the phenomenon of division of semantic labour is stressed. It is pointed out that vagueness and ambiguity of a term often result when the term is used for several practical purposes at the same time. Such multi-purpose uses of terms may explain both the current problems associated with the Swedish forensic–psychiatric concept of a severe mental disorder and some of the shortcomings of DSM-IV.

Radovic, Susanna,1969Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för psykiatri och neurokemi,Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry(Swepub:gu)xlunsu (author)
Thorén, HenrikLund University,Lunds universitet,Teoretisk filosofi,Filosofiska institutionen,Institutioner,Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna,Theoretical Philosophy,Department of Philosophy,Departments,Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology(Swepub:lu)fil-hit (author)
Haglund, Björn,1944Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori,Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science(Swepub:gu)xhagbj (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori (creator_code:org_t)

In:International Journal of Law and Psychiatry: Elsevier BV33, s. 66-720160-2527

By the author/editor: Malmgren, Helge, ...; Radovic, Susanna ...; Thorén, Henrik; Haglund, Björn, ...

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