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The metaphor of mental illness /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pickering, Neil
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry.
Subjects:
Mental illness > Philosophy.
Metaphor.
Mental Disorders.
Philosophy, Medical.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the existence of mental illness
  • The likeness argument
  • The categorical argument
  • Metaphor
  • Two metaphors from physical medicine
  • The metaphor of mental illness
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, social construction, and metaphor
  • Metaphors and models.