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Conversations in Critical Psychiatry brings together an edited selection of interviews published in the Psychiatric Times from 2019 to 2022, updated with new and previously unpublished material. These interviews explore critical and philosophical perspectives in psychiatry by engaging with prominent commentators within and outside the profession who have made meaningful criticisms of the status quo. These conversations advance our understanding of psychopathology and offer a pluralistic vision of psychiatric practice. The series includes interviews with many leading scholars such as Allen Frances, Anne Harrington, Paul McHugh, Nassir Ghaemi, Dainius P=uras, Joanna Moncrieff, Jonathan Shedler, Sanneke de Haan, Nev Jones and Kenneth Kendler, among others. The discussions cover a wide array of philosophical, clinical, and scientific topics and present a sweeping overview of psychiatrys relationship to critique. A detailed introductory essay 'Psychiatry and the Critical Landscape' offers a synthesis of themes and makes the case for mainstream psychiatry to embrace the critical tradition, while urging critical psychiatry to engage with a philosophically informed view of psychiatric science. Given the accessible and rigorous nature of these conversations, this book will be of interest to academics, clinicians, students, service users, and general readers alike.

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It is in this spirit that Conversations in Critical Psychiatry emerged. Whether you're a clinician, a student, or someone with a keen interest in the philosophy of psychiatry, this book is essential reading for anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of the sheer complexity, and beauty, of some of the most important issues of our day. * Mark L. Ruffalo, M.S.W., D.Psa (Psychology Today) *

It is in this spirit that Conversations in Critical Psychiatry emerged. Whether you're a clinician, a student, or someone with a keen interest in the philosophy of psychiatry, this book is essential reading for anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of the sheer complexity, and beauty, of some of the most important issues of our day. * Mark L. Ruffalo, M.S.W., D.Psa (Psychology Today) * ""Conversations in Critical Psychiatry"" is a very welcome and timely publication that allows the reader to quickly get a top-level overview of topics that are currently of high interest within critical psychiatry, through the lucid medium ofinterview conversations supplemented by a good guide on how to follow up on topics that came up in the presented conversations with more academic rigor. Whether one just have a few minutes to read one of the interviews during a break at work or on the bus, or if one is willing to commit to going systematically through the book, there is much to gain for the reader. It is a book for philosophers, scientists, and clinicians, a book for anyone who, in one way or another, cares about psychiatry and where it isheading at the moment. * Adrian Kind, Philosophical Psychology * Aftab's book will be of interest to academics, clinicians, students, service users, and general readers alike. * Andrea E. CavannaAltmetricBook ReviewConversations in critical psychiatryby A. Aftab (Ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024, pages 384, $ 50.00 (softcover); ISBN 978-0192870322Andrea E. Cavanna, Cognitive Neuropsychiatry *

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Awais Aftab, MD is a Psychiatrist in the Cleveland area, Ohio, USA, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. He has received numerous national awards and honors, including the prestigious Laughlin Fellowship by the American College of Psychiatrists and the American Psychiatric Association Leadership Fellowship during his psychiatric training. He is a senior editor for Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, and his peer-reviewed scholarly work has been published in prominent journals. He has been actively involved in initiatives to educate psychiatrists, trainees, and the public on the theoretical foundations of the discipline. He blogs online at Psychiatry at the Margins.

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