The concept of Evil in Psychiatry: Philosophy, neurobiology and clinical implications

Introduction Although difficult to define, the concept of evil is widely used and implicitly influences psychiatric judgements and diagnosis. Most definitions of evil rely on classical philosophical concepts, but it remains controversial if evil is a concept by itself or rather a dysfunction on the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: A. Maia, S. Nascimento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2022-06-01
Series:European Psychiatry
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822017266/type/journal_article