Download or read book Philosophical Perspectives on Technology and Psychiatry written by James Phillips and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology has had, and will continue to have, a major effect on the field of psychiatry - in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. In a collection of stimulating and thought-provoking chapters, this book exams how technology has come to influence and drive psychiatry forward, and considers at just what cost these developments have been made.