"Make-believes" in Psychiatry, Or, The Perils of Progress
- ISBN-10
- 0876306806
- ISBN-13
- 9780876306802
- Category
- Medical / Psychiatry / General
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Brunner/Mazel
- Author
- Herman Meïr Praag
Description
An assessment of the recent biological and psychological revolutions in psychiatry. The text evaluates the positive aspects and pitfalls of the advances made between 1960 and 1992 and critiques the expanding system of discrete and defined disorders, suggesting that some are make believes.
Get the book
Similar books
-
Polypharmacy in Psychiatry
By S. Nassir GhaemiThis practical reference examines the advantages and disadvantages of polypharmacy in psychiatry, and provides up-to-date clinical guidelines on the appropriate use of combinations of pharmacological therapy in major psychiatric disorders ...
-
American Psychiatry After World War II (1944-1994)
By Roy W. Menninger, John C. NemiahKiesler CA, Simpkins CG: The Unnoticed Majority in Psychiatric Inpatient Care. New York, Plenum, 1993 Lohr K, Brook R, Kamburg C, et al: Use of Medical Care in the Rand Health Insurance Experiment: Diagnosis-and-Service-Specific ...
-
Promoting Mental Health Internationally
By Giovanni de Girolamo... progress in unravelling the causes and mechanisms of psychiatric disorders . However , the representation of reality ... Make - believes in Psychiatry or the Perils of Progress . New York : Brunner / Mazel . 4 WHO's contribution to ...
-
Frontiers in Psychiatry: Artificial Intelligence, Precision Medicine, and Other Paradigm Shifts
By Yong-Ku KimThis book reviews key recent advances and new frontiers within psychiatric research and clinical practice.
-
The Concepts of Psychiatry: A Pluralistic Approach to the Mind and Mental Illness
By S. Nassir GhaemiThis book will be of interest to professionals and students in psychiatry, as well as psychologists, social workers, philosophers, and general readers who are interested in understanding the field of psychiatry and its practices at a ...
-
Core Psychiatry E-Book
By Julian Stern, Padraig Wright, Michael PhelanNote that the past decade (2000–2010) has seen a marked increase in the output and availability of online ... et al 1979) • Psychodynamic psychotherapy • Systemic couple therapy (Crowe & Ridley 1990) • Hypnosis (Fromm et al 1970) • Drug ...
-
Public Mental Health
By William W. Eaton, M. Daniele FallinIncorporating insights from multiple health and science disciplines, this new edition introduces novel concepts and methodologies for understanding the occurrence of mental disorders in populations worldwide.
-
Implications of Psychopharmacology to Psychiatry: Biological, Nosological, and Therapeutical Concepts
By M. Ackenheil, R. Engel, M. Ermann... psychiatry. Psychiatry Res 34: funktionellen Pathologie. Psychiatr Neurol Neurochir 68: 50–66 Van PraagHM, Uleman. 1–11 Van PraagHM (1992a) Make believes in psychiatry or the perils of progress. Brunner/Mazel, New York Van PraagHM(1992b) ...
-
The Difficult-to-Treat Psychiatric Patient
By Ronald W. Pies, Mantosh J. DewanIn this book expert contributors address the sequential clinical steps in treating difficult-to-treat psychiatric patients by offering a blend of evidence-based clinical recommendations, detailed case vignettes, treatment algorithms, and -- ...
-
A History of Psychiatry: From the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac
By Edward ShorterIn A History of Psychiatry, Edward Shorter shows us the harsh, farcical, and inspiring realities of society's changing attitudes toward and attempts to deal with its mentally ill and the efforts of generations of scientists and physicians ...