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Ce livre analyse le chemin parcouru par les intéressés eux-mêmes entre la disqualification des « fous » et la prise de parole des « usagers » afin d'éclairer les concepts en œuvre dans le mouvement d'émancipation des personnes en souffrance psychique. Peut-on considérer les fous, non plus comme des personnes à part, mais comme des personnes à part entière ? En interrogeant les concepts dans une démarche étayée tant par la recherche philosophique et historique que par la parole des intéressés, l'ouvrage s'inscrit dans le mouvement des mad-studies qui reste, en France, à développer. Si la disqualification a longtemps été le sort des « fous », comment la comprendre pour mieux la contester ?

Mental illness. --- Psychoses.

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Mental illness is many things at once: It is a natural phenomenon that is also shaped by society and culture. It is biological but also behavioral and social. Mental illness is a problem of both the brain and the mind, and this ambiguity presents a challenge for those who seek to accurately classify psychiatric disorders. The leading resource we have for doing so is the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, but no edition of the manual has provided a decisive solution, and all have created controversy. In The Diagnostic System, the sociologist Jason Schnittker looks at the multiple actors involved in crafting the DSM and the many interests that the manual hopes to serve. Is the DSM the best tool for defining mental illness? Can we insure against a misleading approach?Schnittker shows that the classification of psychiatric disorders is best understood within the context of a system that involves diverse parties with differing interests. The public wants a better understanding of personal suffering. Mental-health professionals seek reliable and treatable diagnostic categories. Scientists want definitions that correspond as closely as possible to nature. And all parties seek definitive insight into what they regard as the right target. Yet even the best classification system cannot satisfy all of these interests simultaneously. Progress toward an ideal is difficult, and revisions to diagnostic criteria often serve the interests of one group at the expense of another. Schnittker urges us to become comfortable with the socially constructed nature of categorization and accept that a perfect taxonomy of mental-health disorders will remain elusive. Decision making based on evolving though fluid understandings is not a weakness but an adaptive strength of the mental-health profession, even if it is not a solid foundation for scientific discovery or a reassuring framework for patients.

Mental illness --- Psychodiagnostics. --- Diagnosis.

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Severity of Illness Index.

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Mental illness --- Mental illness. --- Psychology, Pathological --- Psychology, Pathological.

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Human Nature and Suffering is a profound comment on the human condition, from the perspective of evolutionary psychology. Paul Gilbert explores the implications of humans as evolved social animals, suggesting that evolution has given rise to a varied set of social competencies, which form the basis of our personal knowledge and understanding. Gilbert shows how our primitive competencies become modified by experience - both satisfactorily and unsatisfactorily. He highlights how cultural factors may modify and activate many of these primitive competencies, leading to pathology proneness and behaviours that are collectively survival threatening. These varied themes are brought together to indicate how the social construction of self arises from the organization of knowledge encoded within the competencies. This Classic Edition features a new introduction from the author, bringing Gilbert's early work to a new audience. The book will be of interest to clinicians, researchers and historians in the field of psychology.

Mental illness --- Psychobiology. --- Sociobiology. --- Suffering.