Richard P Bentall: 6 books

¿Existe alguna prueba de que la psiquiatría haya tenido un impacto radicalmente positivo en el bienestar de los seres humanos? Sorprendentemente, según el destacado psicólogo Richard P. Bentall, parece que la respuesta es negativa. Mientras que la historia reciente de la medicina somática ha...

Today most of us accept the consensus that madness is a medical condition: an illness, which can be identified, classified and treated with drugs like any other. In this ground breaking and controversial work Richard Bentall shatters the myths that surround madness. He shows there is no reassuring...

Scientific and philosophical perspectives on hallucination: essays that draw on empirical evidence from psychology, neuroscience, and cutting-edge philosophical theory. Reflection on the nature of hallucination has relevance for many traditional philosophical debates concerning the nature of...

Leading scholars offer perspectives from the philosophy of science on the crisis in psychiatric research that exploded after the publication of DSM-5. Psychiatry and mental health research is in crisis, with tensions between psychiatry's clinical and research aims and controversies over diagnosis,...

¿Está preocupado porque oye voces o tiene visiones que los demás no perciben? ¿Cree que hay otras personas que tratan de hacerle daño o de controlarle? ¿Cree que está sucediendo algo extraño a su alrededor que no puede explicar? ¿Le preocupa que otras personas puedan leer su mente o que alguien...

Are you troubled by hearing voices or seeing visions that others do not? Do you believe that other people are trying to harm you or control you? Do you feel that something odd is going on that you can’t explain or that things are happening around you with a special meaning? Do you worry that other...