Danger to Self: On the Front Line with an ER Psychiatrist

Author:   Paul Linde
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520269835


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   07 January 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Paul Linde
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780520269835


ISBN 10:   0520269837
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   07 January 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Preface. Nowhere to Hide 1. The ER Doc: Who's Calling the Shots? 2. The Rookie: Bruno's Man Down 3. The Scrambler: How to Prevent a Murder 4. The Psychodynamo: Learning to Listen with a Professional Ear 5. The Jailer: If You Want to Go, You Have to Stay 6. The Jury: Playing the Suicide Card 7. The Clairvoyant: Whose Life Is It Anyway? 8. The Speed Cop: Talking to Tina 9. The Witness: Trauma Underlies the Pain 10. The Judge: Playing God from a Psychiatric Standpoint Epilogue. Straight from the Heart Notes References

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Immerses the reader in the at times raw, often maddening and messy arena of a psychiatric emergency room doctor's life. --San Francisco Chronicle A talented writer and a compassionate doctor who understands what works best for him and his patients. --Publishers Weekly Writes with grace, honesty, and humility about the psychiatrist's task of judging the mind and heart of another human being. --Library Journal A gripping, and at times unsettling, account. --Science News At times witty and humorous, it is also enlightening and can help to synthesize the many elements of current cultural dilemmas of psychiatric care. --Jama


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Paul R. Linde, MD, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and the author of Of Spirits and Madness: An American Psychiatrist in Africa.

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