Philosophical Perspectives on Technology and Psychiatry (International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry)

This Book Examines How Technology Has Come To Influence And Drive Psychiatry Forward, And Considers At Just What Cost These Developments Have Been Made. It Includes A Range Of Stimulating And Thought-provoking Chapters From A Range Of Psychiatrists And Philosophers.--book Jacket. The Instrument Metaphor, Hyponarrativity, And The Generic Clinician / John Z. Sadler -- Technological Rationality In Psychiatry : Immanent Critique, Critical Theory, And A Pragmatist Alternative / Peter Zachar And Scott Bartlett -- Technological Reason And The Regulation Of Emotion / Louis C. Charland -- Technology, Aesthetic Explanation, And Psychoanalysis / Miguel Uribe -- Focusing The Lenses Of Feminist Theories To Reflect On Technology And Psychiatry / Sue V. Rosser -- The Critical Theory Of Psychopharmacology : The Work Of David Healy And Beyond / Douglas Porter -- Toward A Post-technological Information Theory / Donald Mender -- Technology And Mental Disorders : A Clinical Probe Into The Differential Impact On Individuals / Douglas W. Heinrichs -- Frontal Fatigue : How Technology May Contribute To Mental Illness / Mark D. Rego -- Bored To Tears? : Depression And Heidegger's Concept Of Profound Boredom : A Postpsychiatry Contribution / Philip Sinaikin -- Psychiatric Rehabilitation And The Notion Of Technology In Psychiatry / Abraham Rudnick -- Drugs, Not Hugs : Antidepressant Medication Trials And Suicidality In Children : A Case History In The Philosophy Of Science As An Argument For The Need For Improved Technology In Psychiatry / Stuart L. Kaplan -- Philosophical Considerations Of An Internet-enabled Telephone And Computer Psychiatric Symptom Monitoring System : Maintaining The Balance Between Subjectivity And Objectivity In Research / Karen Iseminger And Dale Theobald -- The Assessment Of Emotional Awareness : Can Technology Make A Contribution? / Robert S. Kruger -- Thinking About The Repair Manual : Technique And Technology In Psychiatry / Jennifer Radden -- Beyond Repugnance : Human Enhancement And The President's Council On Bioethics / Michael A. Cerullo -- The Reflectively Anxious And Depressed : Psychotropics And Lives Worth Living / Mark P. Jenkins. Edited By James Phillips. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.