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Salud Mental 2023; 46 (5)

Mental health as the moral dimension of health. Bioethics and dialogue in psychiatry and the behavioral sciences

Lolas Stepke F, Mondragón-Barrios L

Language: English
References: 11
Page: 221-222
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Many classical works on “practical philosophy” or ethics could be read as treatises on psychology or psychiatry. They contain “patterns of psychological thought” based on conceptions about human nature that either describe or, most frequently, prescribe behavioral norms applicable to individuals and societies (Averill, 1976). Ethics is the linguistic justification of moral conduct.
No wonder French alienists in the nineteenth century spoke of “deviations” and proposed “moral treatments” for clinical pictures that today are part of nosologies based on empirical/statistical foundations (Foucault, 2003). Almost all philosophers have had something to say about proper behavior and ethics as part of their systems.


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