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The Royal College of Psychiatrists Philosophy Group – a brief history of ideas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

D. M. Foreman*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Keele, Thornburrow Drive, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 7QB
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This article summarises the aims, interests and history of this Special Interest Group since its inception in 1988. It also sets out to show that psychiatry requires philosophical training and research.

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Philosophy and psychiatry
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1993

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Hempel, C. G. (1961) Introduction to problems of taxonomy. In Field Studies in the Mental Disorders (ed. Zubin, J.). New York: Grune & Stratton.Google Scholar
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