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Jodie Louise Russell¹

¹Institute for Mental Health, School of Psychology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

|December 19, 2025

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Psychiatry actively shapes the minds of individuals with mental disorders through "mind-shaping." This process, using folk-psychological concepts, embeds non-epistemic norms and goals, influencing disorder categories and patient experiences.

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Area of Science:

Philosophy of Psychiatry
Social Psychology
Mental Health Research

Background:

Folk-psychological categorizations influence behavior by establishing norms.
Psychiatric concepts and practices can embed non-epistemic goals.
The social roles of clinicians, researchers, and patients are intertwined with these processes.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and argue for the concept of

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis of psychiatric practices.
Examination of the role of folk psychology in mental disorder categorization.
Application of mind-shaping theory to psychiatry.

Main Results:

Psychiatry engages in "mind-shaping" by utilizing folk-psychological tools.
Non-epistemic norms and goals are embedded within psychiatric concepts and social roles.
Mind-shaping explains looping effects between disorder categories and individuals.

Conclusions:

Characterizing psychiatry as "mind-shaping" provides a framework for understanding its social and psychological impacts.
This perspective offers a theoretical basis for hermeneutical injustice in mental health.
A critical and dialogical approach to psychopathology concepts is essential.