At present, psychiatric disorders are characterized descriptively, as the standard within the scientific community for communication and, to a certain extent, for diagnosis, is the DSM, now at its fifth edition. The main reasons for descriptivism are the aim of achieving reliability of diagnosis and improving communication in a situation of theoretical disagreement, and the Ignorance argument, which starts with acknowledgment of the relative failure of the project of finding biomarkers for most mental disorders. Descrip-tivism has also the advantage of capturing the phenomenology of mental disorders , which appears to be essential for diagnosis, though not exhaustive of the nature of the disease. I argue that if we rely on the distinction between conceptions (procedures of identification) and concepts (reference-fixing representations), which was introduced in the philosophical debate on the nature of concepts, we may understand a limited but valid role for descriptive characterizations, and reply to common objections addressed by those who advocate a theoretically informed approach to nosology
Lalumera, E. (2016). Saving the DSM-5? Descriptive conceptions and theoretical concepts of mental disorders. MEDICINA & STORIA, 109-128.
Citazione: | Lalumera, E. (2016). Saving the DSM-5? Descriptive conceptions and theoretical concepts of mental disorders. MEDICINA & STORIA, 109-128. |
Tipo: | Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico |
Carattere della pubblicazione: | Scientifica |
Presenza di un coautore afferente ad Istituzioni straniere: | No |
Titolo: | Saving the DSM-5? Descriptive conceptions and theoretical concepts of mental disorders |
Autori: | Lalumera, E |
Autori: | LALUMERA, ELISABETTA (Primo) (Corresponding) |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
Lingua: | English |
Rivista: | MEDICINA & STORIA |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su rivista |
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