Philosophy of Mental Disorder

This book offers an ability-based view of mental disorders. It develops a detailed analysis of the concept of inability that is relevant in the psychiatric and psychotherapeutic context by drawing on the most recent literature on the concepts of ability, reasons and harm.

Sanja Dembi- is a researcher at the "Human Abilities" Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities in Berlin. Her paper "Defining Addictive Disorder: Abilities Reconsidered" (Philosophers' Imprint 2021) won the Prize for Philosophy and Ethics in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy 2021 by the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN).

Introduction 1. The Method 2. Harm Views and Action Views 3. Biological Function Views 4. The Rehability View 5. Defending the Rehability View 6. Case Study: Addictive Disorder Conclusion