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OverviewPsychiatry is now a highly visible activity – care in the community, compulsion, suicide, drug and alcohol abuse mean that few people are not touched by it. Indeed, one in four of us will consult a psychiatrist in our life time. This book explains what psychiatry is, and what it is not. It starts with the identification of the major mental illnesses and why they are no longer considered just variations of 'normality'. It charts the flourishing of psychoanalysis and its later transformation into more accessible psychotherapies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tom Burns (Professor of Social Psychiatry, University of Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 11.00cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 17.00cm Weight: 0.137kg ISBN: 9780192807274ISBN 10: 0192807277 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 21 September 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of Contents1: What is Psychiatry? 2: Asylums and the origins of psychiatry 3: Psychoanalysis and psychotherapy 4: The move into the community 5: Psychiatry under attack - inside and out 6: Open to abuse 7: Into the 21st Century Further readingReviewsAn awful lot of information is packed into this short and very readable text written by the professor of Social Psychiatry at Oxford University...The absolute bonus of this book is its compact and neat size which means it can be tucked away in a jacket pocket and dipped into in an idle moment! If you are looking to refine or extend your understanding of the seemingly dark arts of psychiatry, then I can recommend this to you. --David Haldane, Occupational Medicine<br> <br> An awful lot of information is packed into this short and very readable text written by the professor of Social Psychiatry at Oxford University...The absolute bonus of this book is its compact and neat size which means it can be tucked away in a jacket pocket and dipped into in an idle moment! If you are looking to refine or extend your understanding of the seemingly dark arts of psychiatry, then I can recommend this to you. --David Haldane, Occupational Medicine<br> Author InformationTom Burns is Professor of Social Psychiatry at the University of Oxford and a practicing consultant psychiatrist in the NHS. His research has centred on community care of severely ill psychotic patients and, in addition to over a hundred and fifty scientific articles, he has written books on Assertive Outreach and Community Mental Health Teams. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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