TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stein,Dan J.
TI  - Philosophy of psychopharmacology: smart pills, happy pills, and pepp pills 
SN  - 9780511544286 (ebook)
AV  - RM315 .S886 2008
U1  - 615/.78 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Psychopharmacology
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Psychotropic drugs
KW  - Psychotherapy
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); Psychopharmacology -- a remarkable development -- Philosophical questions raised by psychopharmacology -- How to think about science, language, and medicine : classical, critical, and integrated perspectives -- Conceptual questions about psychotropics -- Explanatory questions about psychotropics -- Moral questions about psychotropics
N2  - Psychotropic agents have been effective for the treatment of the emotional, and cognitive symptoms of serious psychiatric disorders. At the same time, the availability of such agents raises questions about the appropriate use of what might be termed 'smart pills', 'happy pills', or 'pep pills'. This volume argues that developments in modern psychopharmacology raise a range of important philosophical questions, and may ultimately change the way we think about ourselves. It provides a framework for addressing important philosophical issues in psychiatry and psychopharmacology. The approach is a naturalistic one, drawing on theory and data from modern cognitive-affective neuroscience and attempts to address objective and subjective aspects of psychiatric disorders, to integrate our knowledge of mechanisms and meanings, and to provide a balanced view of the good and the bad of psychotropics
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511544286
ER  -