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Philosophy of Mental Disorder
|MSc
|Part Time, Full Time
| Admissions status: OpenSTRUCTURE OVERVIEW
Core programme content
- Dissertation (60 credits)
Indicative non-core content
Students choose their remaining 120 credits from the modules below (all 40 credits):- The Concept of Mental Disorder: philosophical, scientific and ethical perspectives
- Models of Psychopathology: meaning and causal connections in the explanation of disorder
- Philosophy of Psychology: various topics
- Philosophy of Mind: various topics
FORMAT AND ASSESSMENT
Taught modules are assessed by essays, which have to be submitted in early June. The dissertation has to be submitted in early September.MODULES
More information on typical programme modules.
NB it cannot be guaranteed that all modules are offered in any particular academic year.
NB it cannot be guaranteed that all modules are offered in any particular academic year.
Module code: 7AANM109
Credit level: 7
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Credit level: 7
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Module code: 7AANM108
Credit level: 7
The focus of this module is the concept of mental disorder as it has developed in modern psychiatry. The anti-psychiatry critiques of the 1960s and subsequent postmodern developments including social constructionism will be reviewed, and their relation to current biological approaches to psychopathology examined. Topics include: Foucault's critique of the modern development of the concept of mental disorder; cross cultural studies; Szasz on the myth of mental illness; feminism and psychiatry; social constructionism; facts and values in DSM and ICD; and disorder in an evolutionary-theoretic perspective.
Credit level: 7
The focus of this module is the concept of mental disorder as it has developed in modern psychiatry. The anti-psychiatry critiques of the 1960s and subsequent postmodern developments including social constructionism will be reviewed, and their relation to current biological approaches to psychopathology examined. Topics include: Foucault's critique of the modern development of the concept of mental disorder; cross cultural studies; Szasz on the myth of mental illness; feminism and psychiatry; social constructionism; facts and values in DSM and ICD; and disorder in an evolutionary-theoretic perspective.
KEY FACTS
Programme leader/s
Dr Matteo Mameli
Awarding institution
King's College London
Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent)
UK 180/ECTS 90
Duration
One year FT, two years PT, September to September.
Location
Strand Campus and the Institute of Psychiatry, King's Denmark Hill Campus.
Student destinations
Academic work involving philosophy, teaching, journalism, cultural management or the financial sector. Others take up or return to work in the field of mental health.
Year of entry 2012
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