A Short Introduction to Psychiatry / Edition 1

by Linda Gask

Overview

A Short Introduction to Psychiatry is designed to give readers a clear picture of the profession of psychiatry as it is today as well as an understanding of the subject from which to develop further study.

The author describes the development of the profession, the route to qualification and the scope of contemporary practice, including the work done by psychiatrists in a range of specialisms - from child psychiatry to addiction services and forensic psychiatry. Drawing on the experience of people who have been through psychiatric treatment, the book also explores what psychiatry is like from the patient's/user's perspective.

Many criticisms have been levelled against the profession and the author, Linda Gask, summarizes key debates which have been and continue to be played out between psychiatry's critics and its defenders.

A Short Introduction to Psychiatry is for anyone looking into psychiatry for the first time, whether with a view to training or out of more general interest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761971382
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	08/20/2004
Series:	Short Introductions to the Therapy Professions
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Linda Gask is Reader in Psychiatry at the University of Manchester and has been a Consultant Psychiatrist for ten years.

Table of Contents

Psychiatry
Historical Context of a Profession
The Culture of Psychiatry
Experiencing Psychiatry
The Scope and Limits of Psychiatry
The Future