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Reclaiming the Self in Psychiatry
Reclaiming the Self in Centering Personal Narratives for Humanist Science diagnoses the fundamental problem in contemporary scientific psychiatry to be a lack of a sophisticated and nuanced engagement with the self and proposes a solution—the Multitudinous Self Model (MuSe).
MuSe fulfils psychiatry’s twin commitments to patients’ flourishing and scientific objectivity. Marshalling the conceptual and empirical resources from testimonies from individuals diagnosed with mental disorders, substantive research in cognitive science, and empirically informed philosophy, MuSe provides clinicians, scientists, and patients pathways to respond to mental distresses and disorders. This framework boosts psychiatry’s relationship to science by facilitating expansive notions of expertise and objectivity in which some patients are recognized as “experience-based experts” whose contributions to psychiatric knowledge are indispensable. Şerife Tekin draws the contours of a future for psychiatry that is grounded in philosophy, medical humanities, and social sciences as much as physiology and neuroscience.
This book is an ideal read for professional psychiatrists and philosophers of psychiatry who are interested in the philosophy of mental health.
MuSe fulfils psychiatry’s twin commitments to patients’ flourishing and scientific objectivity. Marshalling the conceptual and empirical resources from testimonies from individuals diagnosed with mental disorders, substantive research in cognitive science, and empirically informed philosophy, MuSe provides clinicians, scientists, and patients pathways to respond to mental distresses and disorders. This framework boosts psychiatry’s relationship to science by facilitating expansive notions of expertise and objectivity in which some patients are recognized as “experience-based experts” whose contributions to psychiatric knowledge are indispensable. Şerife Tekin draws the contours of a future for psychiatry that is grounded in philosophy, medical humanities, and social sciences as much as physiology and neuroscience.
This book is an ideal read for professional psychiatrists and philosophers of psychiatry who are interested in the philosophy of mental health.
224 pages, Hardcover
Published April 29, 2025
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July 25, 2025
An incredibly important contribution to the fields of philosophy, psychiatry, and beyond. I hope moving forward the MuSE model becomes the standard for understanding, evaluating , and providing care for those experiencing mental distress.
Further, Tekin is an eloquent and clear writer. She makes such a nuanced discussion easily accessible and enjoyable to read. I raced through this and recommend to all who have any interest in the past, present, and future directions of mental health care that incorporates the essential part that most discussions of mental health neglect: the self at the center.
Further, Tekin is an eloquent and clear writer. She makes such a nuanced discussion easily accessible and enjoyable to read. I raced through this and recommend to all who have any interest in the past, present, and future directions of mental health care that incorporates the essential part that most discussions of mental health neglect: the self at the center.
January 14, 2026
Dr. Tekin reclaims the self and teaches us to consider multiple perspectives as we actively listen /read the narratives of our clients. The story is the thing. Yes
Yet, beyond the story is our ability to listen and co-engage creating an integrative picture of our clients challenges and issues, DSM or not.
Much to learn.
Yet, beyond the story is our ability to listen and co-engage creating an integrative picture of our clients challenges and issues, DSM or not.
Much to learn.
January 20, 2026
Revolutionary work
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