Philosophical issues in psychiatry. II, Nosology

Content: pt. I The basics: the definition of psychiatric illness and rules for classification --
ch. 1 Classification and causal mechanisms: a deflationary approach to the classification problem / Derek Bolton --
Introduction / Kenneth S. Kendler --
Comments: The National Institute of Mental Health Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project: moving towards a neuroscience-based diagnostic classification in psychiatry / Michael B. First --
ch. 2 Progress and the calibration of scientific constructs: the role of comparative validity / Peter Zachar --
Introduction / Kenneth S. Kendler --
Comments: Progress and the calibration of scientific constructs: a new look at validity / Rachel Cooper --
ch. 3 Taking disease seriously: beyond "pragmatic" nosology / S. Nassir Ghaemi --
Introduction / Josef Parnas --
Comments: What is psychiatric disease? A commentary on Dr Ghaemi's paper / Derek Bolton --
ch. 4 Is psychiatric classification a good thing? / Rachel Cooper --
Introduction / Kenneth S. Kendler --
Comments: Diagnoses as labels / S. Nassir Ghaemi --
pt. II The historical development of modern psychiatric diagnoses --
ch. 5 The nosological entity in psychiatry: a historical illusion or a moving target? / Assen Jablensky --
Introduction / Josef Parnas --
Comments: The Kraepelinian pipe organ model (for a more dimensional) DSM-5 classification / Darrel A. Regier --
ch. 6 The 19th-century nosology of alienism: history and epistemology / German E. Berrios --
Introduction / Kenneth S. Kendler --
Comments: The nature of the psychiatric object and classification / Josef Parnas --
ch. 7 The development of DSM-III from a historical/conceptual perspective / Michael B. First --
Introduction / Kenneth S. Kendler --
Comments: Evaluating DSM-III: structure, process and outcomes / Harold Alan Pincus --
ch. 8 DSM-IV: context, concepts and controversies / Harold Alan Pincus --
Introduction / Kenneth S. Kendler --
Comments: DSM-IV: some critical remarks / Mario Maj --
pt. III The problem of validity --
ch. 9 A philosophical overview of the problems of validity for psychiatric disorders / Kenneth F. Schaffner --
Introduction / Josef Parnas --
Comments: Validity, utility and reality: explicating Schaffner's pragmatism / Peter Zachar --
ch. 10 Structural validity and the classification of mental disorders / Nicholas R. Eaton --
Introduction / Kenneth S. Kendler --
Comments: Seeing sense in psychiatric diagnoses / Paul R. McHugh --
pt. IV Application to major depression and schizophrenia --
ch. 11 When does depression become a mental disorder? / Mario Maj --
Introduction / Josef Parnas --
Comments: A sea of distress / Josef Parnas --
ch. 12 DSM-IV and the founding prototype of schizophrenia: are we regressing to a pre-Kraepelinian nosology? / Josef Parnas --
Introduction / Assen Jablensky --
Comments: Phenomenology, nosology and prototypes / Kenneth S. Kendler --
pt. V The way(s) forward --
ch. 13 Rendering mental disorders intelligible: addressing psychiatry's urgent challenge / Paul R. McHugh --
Introduction / Josef Parnas --
Comments: A search for coherence / Assen Jablensky --
ch. 14 Diagnostic threshold considerations for DSM-5 / Darrel A. Regier --
Introduction / Kenneth S. Kendler --
Comments: The tangible burden of mental disorder in the absence of mental disorder categories in nature: some reflections on Regier's contribution / Robert F. Krueger --
ch. 15 Epistemic iteration as a historical model for psychiatric nosology: promises and limitations / Kenneth S. Kendler --
Introduction / Josef Parnas --
Comments: Coherentist approaches to scientific progress in psychiatry: comments on Kendler / Kenneth F. Schaffner.