I am a researcher and lecturer in philosophy and psychiatry. My research examines the boundaries of illness from a number of perspectives. The overarching question which unites my various investigations is whether and how we can delineate a boundary between aspects of human suffering and experience that are legitimate targets for medical concepts and responses, and those that are not. This has led me to consider various topics: the definition of concepts of mental disorder and distress; the diagnostic process in psychiatry; empathy and understanding in 'psychopathology'.

Since 2013, I began looking at strands of psychiatric activism seeking …

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