My research tends to focus on questions in the area where social metaphysics and psychiatry overlap. My recent work can be divided into three strands:
1. The nature of mental disorder, e.g.:
2. Questions in medical ethics, e.g.:
3. Questions about social justice, e.g.:
1. The nature of mental disorder, e.g.:
- What is mental disorder?
- What is the relationship between mental disorder and mental dysfunction?
- How should we conceptualize mental disorder for our various purposes?
- Why is mental disorder stigmatized, and what (if anything) can and should be done to alleviate this stigmatization?
- How does mental disorder affect the individual with the disorder?
2. Questions in medical ethics, e.g.:
- How should we understand mental disorder for clinical purposes?
- How does stigmatization affect patients and patient treatment?
- How does mental disorder impact a patient's autonomy?
3. Questions about social justice, e.g.:
- What are the elements of social injustice?
- What is stigmatization?
- Who are the victims of stigmatization?
- What conceptual tools do we need in the fight against social injustice?
- How should we proceed with our social justice projects so as to actually meet our goals of alleviating injustice
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