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The Endurance of Uncertainty: Antisociality and Ontological Anarchy in British Psychiatry, 1950--2010 (2014)

Pickersgill, Martyn (Author)

Science in Context
Volume: 27, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 143-175
Publication date: 2014
Language: English

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Psychiatry Psychopathology Medical psychology Mental disorders and diseases 21st century 20th century Great Britain

Research into the biological markers of pathology has long been a feature of British psychiatry. Such somatic indicators and associated features of mental disorder often intertwine with discourse on psychological and behavioral correlates and causes of mental ill-health. Disorders of sociality -- particularly psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder -- are important instances where the search for markers of pathology has a long history; research in this area has played an important role in shaping how mental health professionals understand the conditions. Here, I characterize the multiplicity of psychiatric praxis that has sought to define the mark of antisociality as a form of ontological anarchy. I regard this as an essential feature of the search for biological and other markers of an unstable referent, positing that uncertainties endure -- in part -- precisely because of attempts to build consensus regarding the ontology of antisociality through biomedical means. Such an account is suggestive of the co-production of biomarkers, mental disorder, and psychiatric institutions.

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