LEADER 04706nam 22007575 450 001 9910735588103321 005 20240216154831.0 010 $a3-031-32618-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-32618-9 035 $a(CKB)5580000000567091 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30657014 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30657014 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-32618-9 035 $a(OCoLC)1396696926 035 $a(EXLCZ)995580000000567091 100 $a20230719d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMental Health and Enhancement$b[electronic resource] $eSubstance Use and Its Social Implications /$fby Stephan Schleim 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (160 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Law, Neuroscience, and Human Behavior,$x2946-5206 311 $a3-031-32617-2 327 $aIntroduction -- Mental Health Basics -- Mental Enhancement Basics -- Instrumental Substance Use -- Conclusion. 330 $aThis book takes the reader from basic questions like ?What is health?? and ?What is a psychiatric disorder??, into the midst of people?s present mental health and enhancement choices. More and more people receive psychiatric diagnoses and the use of psychopharmacological drugs keeps increasing. Concurrently, media report the popularity of ?brain doping? or ?study drugs? on campuses as well as at the workplace. This open access book tests the hypothesis of whether mental health and enhancement can be seen as two sides of the same coin: that the demands on cognitive and emotional functioning have been increasing and psychoactive substances are used to meet these demands. Whether the increasing number of diagnoses means that really more people are suffering from psychological problems will be discussed just as whether the media accurately describe ?brain doping? as a new and rising trend. An individual section describes non-pharmacological alternatives to maintain and increase one?s mental well-being. To answer these and many more questions, the author critically reviews evidence from epidemiology, psychiatry, and psychology. That people with and without psychiatric diagnoses are often using the same substances ? for example, the stimulant drugs Adderall or Ritalin ? to cope with their problems is presented as evidence to look beyond the traditional distinction between disorder, health, and enhancement. Likewise, different meanings of ?drug? in historical and present contexts illustrate that the way we think of mental health and (il)legitimate drug use reflects our own culture. The book?s focus on addiction/substance use disorders makes it also relevant to the ongoing discussion of drug policy. Stephan Schleim is Associate Professor of Theoretical Psychology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and author of different books on philosophy, psychology, and the neurosciences. He has also been acting chair in Neurophilosophy at the University of Munich, Germany. He has carried out several research projects on the theory and ethics of neuroscience. The focus of his investigations have been the conditions under which scientific knowledge is created and communicated to the public. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Law, Neuroscience, and Human Behavior,$x2946-5206 606 $aSocial psychology 606 $aLaw and the social sciences 606 $aMental health 606 $aPsychology, Pathological 606 $aMental illness 606 $aSocial Psychology 606 $aSocio-Legal Studies 606 $aMental Health 606 $aPsychopathology 606 $aMental Disorder 606 $aSalut mental$2thub 606 $aDrogoaddicció$2thub 606 $aProblemes socials$2thub 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aSocial psychology. 615 0$aLaw and the social sciences. 615 0$aMental health. 615 0$aPsychology, Pathological. 615 0$aMental illness. 615 14$aSocial Psychology. 615 24$aSocio-Legal Studies. 615 24$aMental Health. 615 24$aPsychopathology. 615 24$aMental Disorder. 615 7$aSalut mental 615 7$aDrogoaddicció 615 7$aProblemes socials 676 $a616.89061 700 $aSchleim$b Stephan$01424691 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910735588103321 996 $aMental Health and Enhancement$93554151 997 $aUNINA