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Lisa Bortolotti

Lisa Bortolotti is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, UK, affiliated with both the Philosophy Department and the Institute of Mental Health. She is a philosopher of the cognitive sciences with special interests in agency and mental health. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Philosophical Psychology (Taylor and Francis), and the author of Delusions and Other Irrational Beliefs (OUP 2009), The Epistemic Innocence of Irrational Beliefs (OUP 2020), and Why Delusions Matter (Bloomsbury 2023). With Palgrave she published Delusions in Context (2018), an edited collection on delusions with contributions by clinicians, lived experience researchers, psychologists, and philosophers, also available Open Access.

Epistemic Justice in Mental Healthcare

Epistemic Justice in Mental Healthcare

This open access book explores epistemic justice in mental healthcare, bringing together perspectives from psychologists, psychiatrists, philosophers, activists, and lived experience researchers. Through eight chapters, authors identify threats to the agency of people who hear voices, experience depression, have psychotic symptoms, live with dementia, are diagnosed with personality disorders, and face serious mental health issues while receiving palliative care.

Epistemic Justice in Mental Healthcare

Epistemic Justice in Mental Healthcare

This open access book explores epistemic justice in mental healthcare, bringing together perspectives from psychologists, psychiatrists, philosophers, activists, and lived experience researchers. Through eight chapters, authors identify threats to the agency of people who hear voices, experience depression, have psychotic symptoms, live with dementia, are diagnosed with personality disorders, and face serious mental health issues while receiving palliative care.