Summary
The Healing Power of Virtue: Integrating Ethics and Flourishing in Psychiatric Practice
There is a growing recognition of the value dimension in psychiatric practice, stemming from positive psychology and the documented role of virtues in human flourishing and medical practice. However, the integration of virtues into psychiatric treatment remains largely unexplored.
This book delves into critical questions:
- How do virtues fit into diagnosis, formulation, and t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780197524480 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0197524486 |
| Author: | John R. Peteet |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 27 June 2022 |
| Weight: | 354g |
| Dimensions: | 138mm x 216mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
John R. Peteet
John R. Peteet, M.D. has been a psychiatrist for over forty years at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where he is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. After receiving his M.D. degree at Columbia University, Dr. Peteet completed a medical internship at UNC in Chapel Hill, a residency in psychiatry at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, and a fellowship at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital,in Boston. A Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, he has received several teaching awards and published numerous papers in the areas of psychosocial oncology, addiction, and the clinicalinterface between spirituality/religion and psychiatry. He has authored or co-edited 10 books, including Doing the Right Thing: An Approach to Moral Issues in Mental Health Treatment, Depression and the Soul and The Soul of Medicine: Spiritual Perspectives and Clinical Practice. He is the recipient of the APA’s Oskar Pfister Award and is past president of the American Psychiatric Association’s Caucus on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry.
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