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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: S. Nassir Ghaemi, MD MPH (Professor and Director, Mood Disorders Program, Tufts Medical Center)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9780801893902ISBN 10: 0801893909 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 26 February 2010 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents"Preface Acknowledgments Part I: The Rise of the Biopsychosocial Model 1. The Perils of Open-mindedness: Adolf Meyer's Psychobiology 2. So Many Theories, So Little Time: The Rise of Eclecticism 3. Riding Madly in All Directions: Roy Grinker's ""Struggle for Eclecticism"" 4. A New Model of Medicine: George Engel's Biopsychosocial Model 5. Before and After: Precursors and Followers of the Biopsychosocial Model 6. Cease-fire: Ending the Psychiatric Civil War Part II: The Fall of the Biopsychosocial Model 7. Drowning in Data 8. Teaching Eclecticism 9. Psychopharmacology Awry 10. The Vagaries of the Real World Part III: What Next? 11. The Limits of Evidence-Based Medicine 12. Osler's Ghost 13. The Two Cultures 14. Between Science and the Humanities 15. The Meaning of Meaning: Verstehen Explained 16. The Beginning of a Solution: Method-Based Psychiatry 17. A New Psychiatric Humanism Afterword: Pre-empting the Straw Man Appendix: How Can We Teach It? A Proposal for Education of Psychiatrists Notes A Brief Glossary of Concepts References Index"Reviews<p>This is a thoughtful and well-researched book. At minimum, it is an essential read for academic psychiatrists and residents involved in teaching and learning. More broadly, it is a good read for anyone interested in the historical and philosophical aspects of psychiatric theories.--Hamid R. Tavakoli, MD Psychiatric Times (01/01/2010) <p>Ghaemi's book is highly relevant. It is also very well written and appears meticulously researched, and it should be of interest to everyone with a professional relation to psychiatry. Hereby recommended.--Anders J?rgensen Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (01/01/0001) Author InformationS. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.P.H., is a professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and director of the Mood Disorders Program at the Tufts Medical Center in Boston. He also serves on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. He has written several books including Mood Disorders: A Practical Guide; A Clinician's Guide to Statistics and Epidemiology in Mental Health: Measuring Truth and Uncertainty; A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links between Leadership and Mental Illness; and The Concepts of Psychiatry: A Pluralistic Approach to the Mind and Mental Illness, the last also published by Johns Hopkins. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |