Rebecca Lawrence

An Improbable Psychiatrist

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Produktbeschreibung

A leading psychiatrist narrates her personal journey from patient to psychiatrist and how she has coped with severe mental illness. Covering her experience on a psychiatric ward, ECT, and psychiatry training, this book aims to reduce stigma surrounding mental illness and will appeal to mental health professionals, and general readers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009515061
• ISBN-10: 1009515063
• Artikelnr.: 70942917

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Lawrence is a consultant psychiatrist and writer with bipolar disorder. She was first treated with medication and electroconvulsive therapy in her twenties, and subsequently trained as a psychiatrist - despite advice to the contrary. She has blogged and written about her experiences, in both the Guardian and Prospect Magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Prologue: 1990s, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
1. A medical student
2. A junior doctor
3. A GP trainee and a patient
4. Back to Edinburgh
5. A baby
6. Admissions - the revolving door
7. Recovery?
8. Into the fray
9. A psychiatric trainee
10. Lucy
11. Back from the edge
12. The grey walls
13. A real psychiatrist
14. Substances
15. The unexpected
16. Going too far?
17. Moods and medicine
Afterword: Richard's view
Afterword: Professor Stephen Lawrie
Glossary
Resources
References.