The Modern Psychiatrist's Guide to Contemporary Practice: Discussion, Dissent, and Debate in Mental Health Care

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?

Key topics are covered, such as: diagnosing mental illness, controversial treatments, involuntary admission, human rights, suicide, and global inequality. The book incorporates history, medicine, neuroscience, service development, legislation, and service-user movements. It summarises key findings and discussions, provides opinions based on evidence, presents clear conclusions, and describes useful, radical directions for the future of this most contested of medical disciplines. Each chapter includes useful chapter summaries, and case studies are provided throughout.

This book is essential for mental health workers and trainees, academics, and those interested in what psychiatry is, why it exists, and its future potential.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 International license.

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The Modern Psychiatrist's Guide to Contemporary Practice: Discussion, Dissent, and Debate in Mental Health Care

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?

Key topics are covered, such as: diagnosing mental illness, controversial treatments, involuntary admission, human rights, suicide, and global inequality. The book incorporates history, medicine, neuroscience, service development, legislation, and service-user movements. It summarises key findings and discussions, provides opinions based on evidence, presents clear conclusions, and describes useful, radical directions for the future of this most contested of medical disciplines. Each chapter includes useful chapter summaries, and case studies are provided throughout.

This book is essential for mental health workers and trainees, academics, and those interested in what psychiatry is, why it exists, and its future potential.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 International license.

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The Modern Psychiatrist's Guide to Contemporary Practice: Discussion, Dissent, and Debate in Mental Health Care

The Modern Psychiatrist's Guide to Contemporary Practice: Discussion, Dissent, and Debate in Mental Health Care

by Brendan Kelly
The Modern Psychiatrist's Guide to Contemporary Practice: Discussion, Dissent, and Debate in Mental Health Care

The Modern Psychiatrist's Guide to Contemporary Practice: Discussion, Dissent, and Debate in Mental Health Care

by Brendan Kelly

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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?

Key topics are covered, such as: diagnosing mental illness, controversial treatments, involuntary admission, human rights, suicide, and global inequality. The book incorporates history, medicine, neuroscience, service development, legislation, and service-user movements. It summarises key findings and discussions, provides opinions based on evidence, presents clear conclusions, and describes useful, radical directions for the future of this most contested of medical disciplines. Each chapter includes useful chapter summaries, and case studies are provided throughout.

This book is essential for mental health workers and trainees, academics, and those interested in what psychiatry is, why it exists, and its future potential.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 International license.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781040117279
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/04/2024
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 432,467
File size: 824 KB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

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