Brendan Kelly

The Modern Psychiatrist's Guide to Contemporary Practice

Discussion, Dissent, and Debate in Mental Health Care

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Produktbeschreibung

The Modern Psychiatrist's Guide to Contemporary Practice provides an overview of psychiatry, starting with the most fundamental question of all: why does psychiatry exist?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9781032457420
• ISBN-10: 1032457422
• Artikelnr.: 70241810

Autorenporträt

Brendan Kelly is Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital, and Visiting Full Professor at University College Dublin. In addition to his medical degree (MB BCh BAO), he holds master's degrees in epidemiology (MSc), healthcare management (MA), Buddhist studies (MA), and mindfulness-based interventions (MSc); doctorates in medicine (MD), history (PhD), governance (DGov) and law (PhD); and a higher doctorate in history (DLitt). He has authored and co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications and 600 non-peer-reviewed publications.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Why Does Psychiatry Exist?
2. The History of Psychiatry
3. Diagnosing Mental Illness
4. Treating Symptoms and Disorders
5. Treatment Without Consent
6. Neuroscience and Psychiatry
7. Psychiatry, Culture, and Society
8. Self-Harm and Suicide
9. Global Injustice in Mental Health Care
10. The Future of Psychiatry: Person-Centred Care and System-Level Change
11. Epilogue