Interdisciplinary workshop on “mental disorder and self over time”

Reasoning, evidence, and clinical decision‐making: The great debate moves forward

“…These broad, historical concerns are given focus by a series of papers based on presentations to an interdisciplinary workshop at Kings College London. The section opens with a detailed characterisation of the background to and context of the discussions in the workshop that gave rise to these papers, in the workshop report, co‐authored by its three organizers . They explain that a key goal was to examine a range of questions debated frequently within specific disciplines, including psychiatry, philosophy, and law, concerning how the experience of a severe mental disorder can impact on an individual's sense of self and personal identity, and how this affects issues including personal responsibility.…”

“…In this edition, we present an array of up‐to‐date analyses of the problems of reason in practice, addressing a diverse range of healthcare contexts and methods, considering policy decisions as well as specific instances of clinical reasoning . Contributors discuss the nature of practical wisdom, the relationship between reasoning, emotion, intuition, and evidence, and the sense in which EBM is (or is not) a “modern” scientific enterprise, in the light of considerations of the relationship between science, context, and culture .…”

“…Contributors discuss the nature of practical wisdom, the relationship between reasoning, emotion, intuition, and evidence, and the sense in which EBM is (or is not) a “modern” scientific enterprise, in the light of considerations of the relationship between science, context, and culture . The edition includes important sections on mental health, where questions ranging from epistemic injustice to psychiatric nosology and validity are analysed—discussions given both specificity and depth via a range of papers from a significant conference on how we conceptualize a number of psychiatric disorders . There is also a significant section on causal reasoning, publishing papers delivered to a recent gathering of the CauseHealth collaboration .…”

“…[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] The edition includes important sections on mental health, where questions ranging from epistemic injustice to psychiatric nosology and validity are analysed [19][20][21][22] -discussions given both specificity and depth via a range of papers from a significant conference on how we conceptualize a number of psychiatric disorders. [23][24][25][26][27][28] There is also a significant section on causal reasoning, publishing papers delivered to a recent gathering of the CauseHealth collaboration. [29][30][31][32][33][34][35] The growing interest in medical and health philosophy is illustrated by the number of important texts currently being published in this area, and we present reviews of some of the most recent work in this field.…”