Mental disorder and mental health interventions for children and youth: the cases of non-suicidal self-harm and unruly behaviour A philosophical inquiry

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Mental disorder and mental health interventions for children and youth: the cases of non-suicidal self-harm and unruly behaviour A philosophical inquiry

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Victoria University of Wellington

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This dissertation is a contribution to the philosophy of mental disorder with a focus on children and youth and questions about what interventions they need.I start by asking whether non-suicidal self-harm in youth is a mental disorder. Non-suicidal self-harm involves someone causing themselves harm with no intent to try to kill themselves. Young people cutting themselves alone and when with peers may be viewed as destructive, abnormal and irrational. Yet, I argue that non-suicidal self-harm ...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2021

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Snita Ahir-Knight

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Mental_disorder_and_mental_health_interventions_for_children...

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Bioethics / Applied ethics not elsewhere classified / Philosophy not elsewhere classified / self-injury / NSSI / oppositional defiant disorder / conduct disorder / child and adolescent mental health services / Applied Ethics not elsewhere classified / Bioethics (human and animal) / School: School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations / Degree Discipline: Philosophy / Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy / Degree Level: Doctoral

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