Kris Nielsen published an article comparing his new conceptual framework of mental disorder to existing work, which has then been discussed.
Over recent years there has been growing interest within philosophy of psychiatry, and theoretical psychopathology alike, in the philosophy of mind known as embodied enactivism.
Two recent approaches have attempted to provide overarching frameworks, considering the conceptual nature of mental disorder itself from an embodied, embedded, and enactive view. These are de Haan’s ‘Enactive Psychiatry,’ and Nielsen’s ‘Embodied, Embedded, and Enactive Psychopathology,’ These two frameworks were developed essentially in parallel.
Kris's article compares the two frameworks, exploring their similarities as well as three key differences. Some relative strengths and weaknesses are explored. It is argued the two frameworks are largely compatible, do different work to one another, and are best understood as complimentary.
Related to the differences explored, three recommendations are made for the continued development of an embodied, embedded, and enactive conceptualization of mental disorder.
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