Dysfunction and the Definition of Mental Disorder in the DSM

Gagné-Julien, Anne-Marie

doi:10.1353/ppp.2021.0055

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“…I do not think the understanding of collective well-being that ought to guide psychiatry can be reached purely from the philosophical armchair, but rather must emerge from a process of productive dialogue among those who will be impacted by it. I suggest that such a process be carried out for psychiatry using the framework of “social objectivity,” which has been suggested both as a way to effectively deal with the role that values inevitably play in psychiatry (Gagné-Julien 2021a, 2021b; Knox 2022), as well as a way for scientific investigation of well-being to be objective (Alexandrova 2017, 2018).…”

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The Institutional Definition of Psychiatric Condition and the Role of Well-Being in Psychiatry

Knox¹

2023

Philos. sci.

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This paper draws on Kukla’s “Institutional Definition of Health” to provide a definition of “psychiatric condition” that delineates the proper bounds of psychiatry. I argue that this definition must include requirements that psychiatrization of a condition benefit the well-being of 1) the society as a collective, and 2) the individual whose condition is in question. I then suggest that psychiatry understand individual well-being in terms of the subjective values of individuals. Finally, I propose that psychiatry’s understanding of collective well-being should be the result of a “socially objective” process, and give certain desiderata for this understanding.

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The Institutional Definition of Psychiatric Condition and the Role of Well-Being in Psychiatry

Knox¹

2023

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Diseases as social problems

Saborido,

Zamora-Bonilla

2024

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In this paper we articulate a characterization of the concept of disease as a social problem. We argue that, from a social ontology point of view, diseases are problems that are identified and addressed within the framework of concrete social institutions and practices (those that shape medicine). This approach allows us to overcome the classical distinction between naturalist and normativist approaches in the philosophy of medicine, taking into account both the material and the symbolic factors that shape the categories and determine the practices of medicine.

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Affective injustice, sanism and psychiatry

Lavallee,

Gagné-Julien

2024

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Dysfunction and the Definition of Mental Disorder in the DSM

Cited by 6 publications

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The Institutional Definition of Psychiatric Condition and the Role of Well-Being in Psychiatry

The Institutional Definition of Psychiatric Condition and the Role of Well-Being in Psychiatry

Diseases as social problems

Affective injustice, sanism and psychiatry

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