The Modern Psychiatrist’s Guide to Contemporary Practice
Discussion, Dissent, and Debate in Mental Health Care
- Hardcover
258 pages
- Release Date
4 July 2024
Summary
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 discu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032457420 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1032457422 |
| Author: | Brendan Kelly |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 258 |
| Release Date: | 4 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 453g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Brendan Kelly
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.
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