Embodied, Embedded, and Enactive Psychopathology: Reimagining Mental Disorder

Embodied, Embedded, and Enactive Psychopathology offers a novel conceptual framework for the study and treatment of mental disorders, grounded in an embodied, embedded, and enactive view of human functioning. It critiques popular conceptual models and presents 3e Psychopathology, exploring its implications for the classification, explanation, and treatment of mental disorders.

Format: Hardback
Length: 250 pages
Publication date: 25 April 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

Embodied, Embedded, and Enactive Psychopathology presents a novel and comprehensive approach to understanding mental disorders, offering a holistic and critically minded perspective that is grounded in biological plausibility and value inclusivity. This book explores the concept of human functioning from an embodied, embedded, and enactive (3e) viewpoint, providing a fresh conceptual framework for the study and treatment of mental disorders.

In the first three chapters, the authors argue for the central role of conceptualization in the study and treatment of mental disorders. They critique popular conceptual models and explore other recent enactive frameworks, highlighting their strengths and limitations.

Chapters four to seven delve into the realm of 3e Psychopathology, presenting a detailed exploration of its implications. This includes an analysis of both research-based efforts to explain mental disorders and methods for formulating individual-level explanations in clinical practice. The book offers new answers to important questions such as whether mental disorders are things we do or get, whether they are defined in nature or socially constructed, whether they are the same across different cultures, and whether they are located in our brains, bodies, or environments.

This engaging work appeals to clinicians, researchers, and individuals with an interest in the philosophy of psychiatry, offering fresh insights and perspectives that challenge traditional approaches to mental health. The authors' interdisciplinary approach, drawing on insights from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and other fields, provides a rich and comprehensive understanding of mental disorders and their treatment.

Overall, Embodied, Embedded, and Enactive Psychopathology is a groundbreaking work that revolutionizes our understanding of mental disorders and offers a promising path forward for the study and treatment of these complex conditions.

Weight: 478g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031291630
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023