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OverviewOver the last few decades, academic psychiatry has undergone a revolution. After the Second World War, most department chairs were psychoanalysts who belonged to separate institutes, not subject to the checks and balances of academia, and who did not subscribe to the tenets of scientific medicine. The revolution against psychoanalytic dominance began when a group of psychiatrists developed an evidence-based model that brought psychiatry back into the medical mainstream. In The Fall of an Icon, Joel Paris narrates the history of this transition, placing it in the context of current trends in science and medicine. He illustrates the story using interviews with prominent academic psychiatrists in Canada and the United States, and describes his own experiences as a psychiatrist: how he was caught up in the excitement of the psychoanalytic model, how he became disillusioned with it, and how he came to a new and more scientific view of his discipline. This is an essential work for understanding the recent history of psychiatry. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joel ParisPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.480kg ISBN: 9780802039330ISBN 10: 0802039332 Pages: 225 Publication Date: 17 January 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews"""'The Fall of an Icon is an important addition to the world literature on psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Joel Paris's career has coincided with the decline of psychoanalysis in academe, and his heavily autobiographical style, along with his candour, self-disclosure, humour, and reflection, make this book very engaging. It is, among other things, a short history of twentieth-century psychiatry.' David Goldbloom, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health""" ""'The Fall of an Icon is an important addition to the world literature on psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Joel Paris's career has coincided with the decline of psychoanalysis in academe, and his heavily autobiographical style, along with his candour, self-disclosure, humour, and reflection, make this book very engaging. It is, among other things, a short history of twentieth-century psychiatry.' David Goldbloom, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health"" 'The Fall of an Icon is an important addition to the world literature on psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Joel Paris's career has coincided with the decline of psychoanalysis in academe, and his heavily autobiographical style, along with his candour, self-disclosure, humour, and reflection, make this book very engaging. It is, among other things, a short history of twentieth-century psychiatry.' David Goldbloom, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Author InformationJoel Paris is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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