Pouncey Claire L
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2005 Nov;18(6):659-63. doi: 10.1097/01.yco.0000183527.54227.56.
Psychiatry is increasingly aware of its own conceptual foundations and the role that philosophy plays in shaping research and practice. This growing awareness is especially prominent in the area of psychopathology, where both philosophers and psychiatrists are actively investigating the basic assumptions and values that influence the science.
There is growing attention to the role of values in understanding both the concepts of psychopathology, and the philosophical assumptions that underlie research strategies for studying it. Provocative work is being done to clarify the concept of 'mental disorder', to identify the influence of values in the classification and diagnosis of psychopathology, and to use values to argue for comprehensive research efforts. Psychometricians increasingly question the interplay between the philosophical theory and empirical study of psychopathology.
Both epistemology and value theory are central to the conceptualization and research of psychopathology. This prominence is recognized not only by philosophers and psychiatrists interested in philosophy, but by investigators who must grapple with the mutual influence of philosophical concepts and research methods. By making our philosophical views explicit and maintaining our awareness of them, we are well poised to develop and question both our philosophical and our research methods in meaningful ways.
精神病学越来越意识到其自身的概念基础以及哲学在塑造研究和实践中所起的作用。这种日益增强的意识在精神病理学领域尤为突出，哲学家和精神病学家都在积极探究影响该学科的基本假设和价值观。
人们越来越关注价值观在理解精神病理学概念以及研究精神病理学的研究策略所依据的哲学假设方面的作用。目前正在开展一些引发思考的工作，以阐明“精神障碍”的概念，确定价值观在精神病理学分类和诊断中的影响，并利用价值观来推动全面的研究工作。心理测量学家越来越质疑哲学理论与精神病理学实证研究之间的相互作用。
认识论和价值理论对于精神病理学的概念化和研究都至关重要。这种重要性不仅得到了对哲学感兴趣的哲学家和精神病学家的认可，也得到了那些必须应对哲学概念与研究方法相互影响的研究人员的认可。通过明确我们的哲学观点并保持对它们的认识，我们能够以有意义的方式发展并质疑我们的哲学和研究方法。
