Can Relational Problems be Genuine Medical Disorders? A Harmful Dysfunction Perspective

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome Wakefield
Keyword(s):  
Medical Disorders ◽  
Harmful Dysfunction

The Irrelevance of Harm for a Theory of Disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dane Muckler ◽  
James Stacey Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Normative Approach ◽  
Medical Disorders ◽  
Harmful Dysfunction ◽  
Significant Harm ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Conceptual Link

Abstract Normativism holds that there is a close conceptual link between disease and disvalue. We challenge normativism by advancing an argument against a popular normativist theory, Jerome Wakefield’s harmful dysfunction account. Wakefield maintains that medical disorders are breakdowns (dysfunctions) in evolved mechanisms that cause significant harm to the organism. We argue that Wakefield’s account is not a promising way to distinguish between disease and health because being harmful is neither necessary nor sufficient for a dysfunction to be a disorder. Counterexamples to the harmful dysfunction account are considered, such as mild infections, perceptual deficits, and beneficial illnesses. Then we consider two ways of amending the harmful dysfunction account to address these cases and argue that the proposed amendments raise even more serious problems for this account. These problems apply generally to any normativist theory and raise doubts about the entire normative approach to the philosophy of health and disease.

Speech Correlates of Medical Disorders

1983 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-238
Author(s):  
Lawrence C. Hartlage
Keyword(s):  
Medical Disorders

The Formulated Psychological Treatment of Medical Disorders

1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 1286-1287
Author(s):  
Ronald A. Kleinknecht
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Treatment ◽  
Medical Disorders

Dermatoglyphics in Medical Disorders

1976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blanka Schaumann ◽  
Milton Alter
Keyword(s):  
Medical Disorders

The Oxford Handbook of Adult Cognitive Disorders

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Neurodevelopmental Disorders ◽  
Brain Aging ◽  
Cognitive Disorders ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Psychiatric Illnesses ◽  
Medical Disorders ◽  
The Impact

The prevalence of cognitive impairment caused by neurodegenerative diseases and other neurologic disorders associated with aging is expected to rise dramatically between now and year 2050, when the population of Americans aged 65 or older will nearly double. Cognitive impairment also commonly occurs in other neurologic conditions, as well as in non-neurologic medical disorders (and their treatments), idiopathic psychiatric illnesses, and adult neurodevelopmental disorders. Cognitive impairment can thus infiltrate all aspects of healthcare, making it necessary for clinicians and clinical researchers to have an integrated knowledge of the spectrum of adult cognitive disorders. The Oxford Handbook of Adult Cognitive Disorders is meant to serve as an up-to-date, scholarly, and comprehensive volume covering most diseases, conditions, and injuries resulting in impairments in cognitive function in adults. Topics covered include normal cognitive and brain aging, the impact of medical disorders (e.g., cardiovascular, liver, pulmonary) and psychiatric illnesses (e.g., depression and bipolar disorder) on cognitive function, adult neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., Down Syndrome, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), as well as the various neurological conditions (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, concussion). A section of the Handbook is also dedicated to unique perspectives and special considerations for the clinicians and clinical researchers, covering topics such as cognitive reserve, genetics, diversity, and neuroethics. The target audience of this Handbook includes: (1) clinicians, particularly psychologists, neuropsychologists, neurologists (including behavioral and cognitive neurologists), geriatricians, and psychiatrists (including neuropsychiatrists), who provide clinical care and management for adults with a diverse range of cognitive disorders; (2) clinical researchers who investigate cognitive outcomes and functioning in adult populations; and (3) graduate level students and post-doctoral trainees studying psychology, clinical neuroscience, and various medical specialties.

Emotional and cognitive dysfunction associated with medical disorders

1989 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie VonAmmon Cavanaugh ◽  
Robert Mark Wettstein
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Dysfunction ◽  
Medical Disorders
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