Mental Patient
Psychiatric Ethics from a Patient's Perspective
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2023
Summary
In Mental Patient, philosopher Abigail Gosselin uses her personal experiences with psychosis and the process of recovery to explore often overlooked psychiatric ethics. For many people who struggle with psychosis, she argues, psychosis impairs agency and autonomy. She shows how clinicians can help psychiatric patients regain agency and autonomy through a positive therapeutic relationship characterized by mutual trust. Patients, she says, need to take an active role in regaining their…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262544313 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262544318 |
| Author: | Abigail Gosselin |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Basic Bioethics |
Critics Review
“Abigail Gosselin’s Mental Patient is a profound and interdisciplinary exploration of the lived experience of mental illness. It is not just a book about ethics or philosophy–it is a medical humanities text that bridges clinical psychiatry, philosophy, and ethics with personal lived experiences.”
–Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
“This is a remarkable book in many respects….a rich and thought-provoking catalogue of insights….readers will learn a great deal not only about [Gosselin’s] case but will be able to extract lessons for other instances of psychosis and mental illness, more generally. I recommend it highly to philosophers and clinicians alike.”
–Bioethics
Abigail Gosselin
Abigail Gosselin is a Professor of Philosophy at Regis University in Denver, Colorado.
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