Mental Disorders: Aucouturier And Demazeux

Definition of The Concept of “Mental Disorder”
Jo Ann M. Cummins
Baker College
Abstract
The Concept of Mental Disorder outlines the history of the term and discusses poorly constructed examples of early terminology. Valérie Aucouturier and Steeves Demazeux raise several provocative questions about authority and diagnosis which need further comparison to the contemporary attitudes toward diagnostic terminology. Aucouturier and Demazeux have done vast amounts of research in the philosophical and history. Their strategy is making strong statements showing many attempts have been tried to come up with the definition of mental disorders.
Aucouturier and Demazeux provide opinions and research regarding the concept analysis of Mental Disorder. They use previous authors’ comments to back up their theories regarding showing how the systems are flawed and that neither history nor philosophy will come to a definitive explanation to the conceptual analysis for mental illness or mental disorders.
The descriptions in their sentences show they do no completely agree with the authors they had researched. Their use of starting with the philosophical research to explain conceptual analysis and the different ways it can be understood and the confusion from the facts, shows they do not agree with this
Their choices in words was difficult to follow, but for a college student who is majoring in sociology or psychology this article would be a good choice. The use of formal language makes a good impression on people and students in their respected positions. At points there were uses of informal language which would are easier for a person who is not studying in this field. Details given and the examples used by authors they researched and analyzed was in great detail. A psychology student would find their technique quite