Shaun Gallagher offers an account of psychopathologies as disorders of
the self. The Self and its Disorders develops an interdisciplinary
approach to an 'integrative' perspective in psychiatry. In contrast to
some integrative approaches that focus on narrow brain-based
conceptions, or on symptomology, this book takes its bearings from
embodied and enactive conceptions of human experience. Gallagher
offers an understanding of the self as a pattern of processes that
include bodily, experiential, affective, cognitive, intersubjective,
narrative, ecological and normative factors. He provides a
philosophical analysis of the notion of self-pattern; then, drawing on
phenomenological, developmental, clinical and experimental evidence,
he proposes a method to study the effects of psychopathologies on the
self-pattern. The book includes specific discussions of schizophrenia,
anxiety disorders, depression, borderline personality disorder, and
autism, among other disorders, as well as the effects of torture and
solitary confinement. It also explores a variety of issues that relate
to therapeutic approaches, including deep brain stimulation,
meditation-based interventions, and the use of artificial intelligence
and virtual reality.
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ISBN
9780198873082
Publisert
2023
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Academic UK
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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