Are mental disorders brain disorders? – A precis

Philosophical Psychology 37 (3):552-557 (2022)
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People hold wildly opposing and very strong views on the question whether mental disorders are brain disorders, and the disagreement is primarily a conceptual one, not one about whether there are,...

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