Chase, Ronald.

The physical basis of mental illness / Ronald Chase. - New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, 2012. - xi, 157 p. ; 24 cm.

Three historical vignettes -- The search for understanding -- Descartes' dualism -- Dualism supports stigmatization and other unhelpful attitudes -- Philosophical alternatives to Cartesian dualism -- Mental illnesses are brain illnesses -- Toward a reconciliation of philosophy and science in psychiatry.

9781412842648 RM117.28


Mental Disorders--physiopathology.
Mental Processes--physiology.
Philosophy, Medical.
Psychoanalytic Theory.
Psychophysiology.