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Overview"A user-friendly, alphabetical guide to psychiatric symptoms and what you should know about them. Anger, fatigue, obsessions, memory loss, sexual performance problems, suicidal thoughts. Are these signs of mental illness? How can you tell? Should you consult your physician? This reassuring book is for anyone seeking to understand their own symptoms or those of a loved one. ""A smart, alphabetically arranged layperson’s guide to common symptoms.""—Gregory Mott, Washington Post ""Each of us has experienced one or several of the various forms of emotional distress described in this enormously helpful book--and who has not worried about their meaning and sometimes wondered whether, or how, to seek treatment? Finally, here is the book that answers every question lucidly, directly and authoritatively.""— Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D., author of Lost In America: A Journey With My Father and How We Die ""This resource on the symptoms of mental illness and their treatment is a solid gem.""—Library Journal" Full Product DetailsAuthor: James Whitney HicksPublisher: Yale University Press Imprint: Yale University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780300116946ISBN 10: 0300116942 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 15 June 2006 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsReviewsEach of us has experienced one or several of the various forms of emotional distress described in this enormously helpful book--and who has not sometimes wondered whether, or how, to seek treatment? Finally, here is the book that answers every question lucidly, directly and authoritatively. Dr. Hicks deserves the thanks of every reader, for his remarkable contribution to mental health. --Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D., author of Lost in America: A Journey with My Father and How We Die<br> """Each of us has experienced one or several of the various forms of emotional distress described in this enormously helpful book--and who has not sometimes wondered whether, or how, to seek treatment? Finally, here is the book that answers every question lucidly, directly and authoritatively. Dr. Hicks deserves the thanks of every reader, for his remarkable contribution to mental health.""--Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D., author of"" Lost in America: A Journey with My Father and"" How We Die" Author InformationJames Whitney Hicks, M.D., is director of clinical services at the Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center in New York City. He is also assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at New York University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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