Mental Disorders and Naturalism

Mental Representation, Naturalism, and Teleosemantics

heidegger.ontological attitude and naturalism

Positivism, Naturalism, and Anti- Naturalism in the Social Sciences

Literacy and mental disorders.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review examines recent evidence on the comorbidity between literacy problems and psychiatric disorder in childhood and discusses possible contributory factors. RECENT FINDINGS Recent studies confirm the substantial overlap of literacy problems with a range of emotional/behavioural difficulties in childhood. Literacy problems and inattention may share genetic influences,...

Stigma and Mental Disorders

Stigma is recognised as a major obstacle to recovery and integration of people with mental health problems. In this chapter the definitions of cognitive, emotional and social aspects of stigma will be presented, as well as origins, main representations and coping strategies. The research on stigma is presented, beginning with Gofmann's work (Chapter History) and followed by contemporary researc...