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26In defence of emotion: Critical notice of Paul E. Griffiths's what emotions really are: The problem of psychological categoriesCanadian Journal of Philosophy 31 (1): 133-154. 2001.
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9Consent or Coercion? Treatment Referrals to Alcoholics AnonymousJournal of Ethics in Mental Health 2 (1): 1-3. 2007.Clinton is certainly correct that there can be serious ethical problems with mental health professionals referring clients with substance dependence and other addictionrelated problems to 12-step programs. But the philosophical doctrine of representationalism he proposes is not a helpful way to address those issues. It seems more like red herring that only serves to detract attention from the real problem. This is the coercive nature of referrals to 12-step programs in many treatment and rehabil…Read more
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75As Autonomy Heads Into Harm's WayPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 11 (4): 361-363. 2004.Interdisciplinary work of the sort attempted in my paper is fraught with risks and obstacles. One especially pernicious obstacle is the short-sighted prejudice that insists we should always divide a problem into its various components, allocate different parts to their respective disciplines, publish each separately, and, above all, keep the ethics separate from the rest. Although this may sometimes constitute good tactical advice in the mature stages of inquiry on a complex topic, it begs the q…Read more
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47Tuke's Healing Discipline -- Commentary on 'Progress and Power: Exploring the Disciplinary Connections Between Moral Treatment and Psychiatric Rehabilitation', by Erica-LillelehtPhilosophy Psychiatry and Psychology 9 (2): 183-186. 2002.THE TARGET OF ERICA LILLELEHT'S interesting comparison between 19th-century moral treatment and 20th-century psychiatric rehabilitation is contemporary psychiatric rehabilitation. Using Foucault's (1979) Discipline and Punish as her critical foil, she argues that psychiatric rehabilitation is "an approach to madness fraught with paradox." The paradox lies in the fact that the techniques of psychiatric rehabilitation can be practiced in a manner that contradicts its professed humanitarian intenti…Read more
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122Anorexia Nervosa as a PassionPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 20 (4): 353-365. 2013.Contemporary diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa explicitly refer to affective states of fear and anxiety regarding weight gain, as well as a fixed and very strong attachment to the pursuit of thinness as an overarching personal goal. Yet current treatments for that condition often have a decidedly cognitive orientation and the exact nature of the contribution of affective states and processes to anorexia nervosa remains largely uncharted theoretically. Taking our inspiration from the histo…Read more
Louis C. Charland
(1958 - 2021)
London, Ontario, Canada
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy, Misc |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics and Epistemology |