 Book reviewThe new philosophy of psychiatry: its (recent) past, present and future: a review of the Oxford University Press series International Perspectives in Philosophy and PsychiatryNatalie F Banner  and Tim Thornton  Institute for Philosophy, Diversity and Mental Health, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK  author email corresponding author email
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2007,
2:9doi:10.1186/1747-5341-2-9 Abstract
There has been a recent growth in philosophy of psychiatry that draws heavily (although not exclusively) on analytic philosophy with the aim of a better understanding of psychiatry through an analysis of some of its fundamental concepts. This 'new philosophy of psychiatry' is an addition to both analytic philosophy and to the broader interpretation of mental health care. Nevertheless, it is already a flourishing philosophical field. One indication of this is the new Oxford University Press series International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry seven volumes of which (by Bolton and Hill; Bracken and Thomas; Fulford, Morris, Sadler, and Stanghellini; Hughes, Louw, and Sabat; Pickering; Sadler; and Stanghellini) are examined in this critical review. | 
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