Psychiatric Polarities
methodology and practice
$85.01
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
14 January 2016
Summary
In this companion volume to their widely acclaimed Perspectives of Psychiatry, Phillip R. Slavney, M.D., and Paul R. McHugh, M.D., argue that the discontinuity of brain and mind is the source of much of psychiatry’s discord, for it leads psychiatrists to think about their discipline in terms of polar opposites: conscious or unconscious; explanation or understanding; paternalism or autonomy. Psychiatric Polarities brings together the history of ideas and such clinical issues as suicide and b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421419763 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1421419769 |
| Author: | Phillip R. Slavney, Paul R. McHugh |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 14 January 2016 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
A brief and gracefully written set of essays about a few of the philosophical controversies that have shaped current psychiatric thought… The authors appear to wish to give psychiatry back its ‘soul,’ and they make a strikingly cogent case that this is a necessary step in its reconstruction. Hospital and Community Psychiatry [I]t is essential to revisit the fundamental thinking that underlies psychiatry. The clearly written, carefully detailed chapters of Polarities provide an essential foundation in satisfying this need. The American Journal of Psychiatry
About The Author
Phillip R. Slavney
Phillip R. Slavney, M.D., is the Eugene Meyer III Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Paul R. McHugh, M.D., is a University Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry and a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
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