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94Philosophy and Obsessive–Compulsive DisorderPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 19 (4): 339-342. forthcoming.
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31The Philosophy of EvilPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 12 (3): 261-263. 2005.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 12.3 (2005) 261-263 [Access article in PDF] The Philosophy of Evil Dan J. Stein Keywords philosophy, evil, self-deception, psychopathy, narcissism, sadism Kubarych (2005) first draws on Peck (1983) to suggest a distinction between psychopaths who have no conscience and therefore no need for self-deception, and evil narcissists who use self-deception to keep the emotional consequences of their crim…Read more
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100Sadistic cruelty and unempathic evil: Psychobiological and evolutionary considerationsBehavioral and Brain Sciences 29 (3): 242-242. 2006.Understanding the origins of evil behaviour is one of our most important intellectual tasks. A distinction can perhaps be drawn between overt sadistic cruelty and the lack of empathy to suffering that is a hallmark of evil. There is increasing data available on the prevalence, proximal psychobiological underpinnings, and distal evolutionary basis for these contrasting phenomena.
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20Disorder and Deviance: Where to Draw the Boundaries?Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 21 (3): 261-265. 2014.Last updated - 2020-01-06.
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30Unconscious influences on decision making: Neuroimaging and neuroevolutionary perspectivesBehavioral and Brain Sciences 37 (1): 23-24. 2014.
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24A Neural Network Approach to Obsessive- Compulsive DisorderJournal of Mind and Behavior 15 (3): 223-238. 1994.A central methodological innovation in cognitive science has been the development of connectionist or neural network models of psychological phenomena. These models may also comprise a theoretically integrative and methodologically rigorous approach to psychiatric phenomena. In this paper we employ connectionist theory to conceptualize obsessive-compulsive disorder . We discuss salient phenomenological and neurobiological findings of the illness, and then reformulate these using neural network m…Read more
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10Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine: expanding the open-access conversation on health carePhilosophy Ethics and Humanities in Medicine (1): 1-2. 2006.Natural philosophy once spanned the fields of philosophy, science, and medicine. Scientific disciplines and medical specialties have rapidly achieved independence, and the availability of the internet and open-access publishing promises a further expansion of knowledge. Nevertheless, a consideration of the grounding concepts and ethical principles that underlie health care remains paramount. It is timely, therefore, to contribute to the global conversation on health care with an open-access jour…Read more
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33Neural Networks and Psychopathology: Connectionist Models in Practice and Research (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 1998.Reviews the contribution of neural network models in psychiatry and psychopathology, including diagnosis, pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy.
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59BackgroundCommunity engagement within biomedical research is broadly defined as a collaborative relationship between a research team and a group of individuals targeted for research. A Community Advisory Board is one mechanism of engaging the community. Within genomics research CABs may be particularly relevant due to the potential implications of research findings drawn from individual participants on the larger communities they represent. Within such research, CABs seek to meet instrumental go…Read more
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3Philosophy of psychopharmacology : a naturalist approachDissertation, University of Stellenbosch. 2008.Thesis --Stellenbosch University, 2008
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33Cognitive and psychiatric science beyond determinismBehavioral and Brain Sciences 22 (5): 906-907. 1999.Many of Rose's criticisms of determinism in biology have clear relevance to modern cognitive and psychiatric science; too narrow a focus on the brain as an information processing machine runs the risk of neglecting the context in which information processing takes place, and too narrow a focus on the neuroscience of psychopathology runs the risk of neglecting other levels of explanation for these phenomena. It should be emphasized, however, that animal and genetic studies of phenomena of interes…Read more
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What is a mental/psychiatric disorder? From DSM-IV to DSM-VPsychological Medicine 40 1759-1765. 2010.
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56Philosophy and cognitive neuropsychiatryPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 6 (3): 217-221. 1999.
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28Unconscious habit systems in compulsive and impulsive disordersBehavioral and Brain Sciences 37 (2): 141-141. 2014.
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