Joel Paris

Prescriptions for the Mind (eBook, PDF)

A Critical View of Contemporary Psychiatry

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Prescriptions for the Mind is a critical assessment of where psychiatry stands today, as a science, and as a method of treatment. This second edition offers new developments in research and practice over the last 15 years, combining findings from many disciplines to develop an interactive biopsychosocial model of mental disorders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197753958
• Artikelnr.: 72285255

Autorenporträt

Joel Paris, MD, was born in New York City, but has spent most of his life in Canada. He obtained an MD from McGill University, where he also trained in psychiatry. Dr. Paris has been a member of the McGill psychiatry department since 1972, and served as Department Chair from 1997 to 2007. Dr. Paris' research interest is in borderline personality disorder. He is an educator who has won awards for his teaching.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Models
1. Neuroscience and Psychiatry
2. Psychotherapy and Psychiatry
Part II: Diagnosis
3. Diagnosis in Psychiatry
4. The Boundaries of Mental Disorders
5. Mood and Mental Illness
6. Psychiatry's Problem Children
7. Personality and Personality Disorders
Part III: Treatment
8. Evidence-Based Psychiatry
9. Psychiatric Drugs: Miracles and Limitations
10. Psychotherapies: Methods, Outcomes, and Accessibility
11. The Problem of Suicide
12. Psychiatry in Practice
Part IV: Outlook
13. Training Psychiatrists
14. Psychiatry and Society
15. The Future of Psychiatry
References