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- Book Title
- The Concepts of Psychiatry: A Pluralistic Approach
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Genre
- Psychiatry
- Binding
- Paperback
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780801886300
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801886309
ISBN-13
9780801886300
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57094573
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Publication Name
concepts of Psychiatry : a Pluralistic Approach to the Mind and Mental Illness
Language
English
Subject
Mental Health, Psychiatry / General
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Psychology, Medical
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
19.5 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
7.6 in
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Scholarly & Professional
Reviews
"A sensational success when it comes to waking us up from our conceptually impoverished stupors. William James' definition of philosophy is cited early in the book as an unusually stubborn effort to think clearly (p. xix). S. Nassir Ghaemi has given us a book that is not only painfully unusual by today's standards, but so stubbornly and clearly thought out as well. Like Karl Jaspers, William James would have been proud of his disciple's work." -- Andrés Martin, M.D., M.P.H., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, "After the narrow confines of most psychiatric writing, it is refreshing to read an author who can quote knowingly from both Seymour Kety and William James and who can competently discuss topics as diverse as the mind-body problem and the relevance for psychiatry of Epicurus and Sufism. The book is a reminder of the rich banquet of conceptual and philosophical issues that are of relevance to our field but rarely make it into the standard literature." -- Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D., Psychological Medicine, "Ghaemi raises dozens of thought-provoking questions in the midst of his tour through the concepts of psychiatry." -- John Z. Sadler, M.D., Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Ghaemi's grasp is wide. His book will be as much disturbing as satisfying but will provide the reader a sense of where our field has been and where it may need to go., This interesting and well-written volume can both enhance the reader's conceptual approach to understanding psychiatry and assist the reader's avoidance of dogmatism on the one hand and conceptual 'glibness' on the other... A valuable contribution to our literature and an important extension of McHugh and Slavney's 1998 text, The Perspectives of Psychiatry., "The book is intended for thinking psychiatrists, but thinking patients stand to benefit perhaps even more." -- John McManamy, McMan's Depression and Bipolar Weekly, A sensational success when it comes to waking us up from our conceptually impoverished stupors... Ghaemi has given us a book that is not only painfully unusual by today's standards, but so stubbornly and clearly thought out as well., ""Rare is the book that escapes descending into polemic on the subject of depression... Ghaemi provides a philosophical structure for considering unhappiness, but one designed to bolster the scientific validity of depression. As he makes clear, this is needed."", Ghaemi raises dozens of thought-provoking questions in the midst of his tour through the concepts of psychiatry., "Ghaemi raises dozens of through-provoking questions in the midst of his tour through the concepts of psychiatry." -- John Z. Sadler, MD, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, I highly recommend this book to professionals in the mental health field, although others -- such as hospital administrators, educators, and the intelligent layperson -- may also find it stimulating and thought provoking., "After the narrow confines of most psychiatric writing, it is refreshing to read an author who can quote knowingly from both Seymour Kety and William James and who can competently discuss topics as diverse as the mind-body problem and the relevance for psychiatry of Epicurus and Sufism. The book is a reminder of the rich banquet of conceptual and philosophical issues that are of relevance to our field but rarely make it into the standard literature." -- Kenneth Kendler, Psychological Medicine, I highly recommend this book to professionals in the mental health field, although others-such as hospital administrators, educators, and the intelligent layperson-may also find it stimulating and thought provoking., I highly recommend this book to professionals in the mental health field, although others--such as hospital administrators, educators, and the intelligent layperson--may also find it stimulating and thought provoking., "I highly recommend this book to professionals in the mental health field, although others -- such as hospital administrators, educators, and the intelligent layperson -- may also find it stimulating and thought provoking." -- Victor A. COlotla, PsycCRITIQUES, After the narrow confines of most psychiatric writing, it is refreshing to read an author who can quote knowingly from both Seymour Kety and William James and who can competently discuss topics as diverse as the mind-body problem and the relevance for psychiatry of Epicurus and Sufism. The book is a reminder of the rich banquet of conceptual and philosophical issues that are of relevance to our field but rarely make it into the standard literature., "A sensational success when it comes to waking us up from our conceptually impoverished stupors... Ghaemi has given us a book that is not only painfully unusual by today's standards, but so stubbornly and clearly thought out as well." -- Andrés Martin, M.D., M.P.H., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rare is the book that escapes descending into polemic on the subject of depression... Ghaemi provides a philosophical structure for considering unhappiness, but one designed to bolster the scientific validity of depression. As he makes clear, this is needed., This interesting and well-written volume can both enhance the reader's conceptual approach to understanding psychiatry and assist the reader's avoidance of dogmatism on the one hand and conceptual 'glibness' on the other... A valuable contribution to our literature and an important extension of McHugh and Slavney's 1998 text, The Perspectives of Psychiatry ., "Ghaemi's grasp is wide. His book will be as much disturbing as satisfying but will provide the reader a sense of where our field has been and where it may need to go." -- Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D., American Journal of Psychiatry, "This interesting and well-written volume can both enhance the reader's conceptual approach to understanding psychiatry and assist the reader's avoidance of dogmatism on the one hand and conceptual 'glibness' on the other... A valuable contribution to our literature and an important extension of McHugh and Slavney's 1998 text, The Perspectives of Psychiatry." -- James W. Lomax, M.D., Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, The book is intended for thinking psychiatrists, but thinking patients stand to benefit perhaps even more., "This interesting and well written volume can both enhance the reader's conceptual approach to understanding psychiatry and assist the reader's avoidance of dogmatism on the one hand and conceptual 'glibness' on the other... A valuable contribution to our literature and an important extension of McHugh and Slavney's 1998 text, Perspectives of Psychiatry." -- James W. Lomax, M.D., Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, "A sensational success when it comes to waking us up from our conceptually impoverished stupors. William James' definition of philosophy is cited early in the book as an unusually stubborn effort to think clearly (p. xix). S. Nassir Ghaemi has given us a book that is not only painfully unusual by today's standards, but [also] stubbornly and clearly thought out as well. Like Karl Jaspers, William James would have been proud of his disciple's work." -- Andrs Martin, M.D., M.P.H., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
616.89
Edition Description
Annotated edition
Table Of Content
Contents: PART I: Theory: What Clinicians Think and Why1. The Status Quo: Dogmatism, the Biopsychosocial Model, and Alternatives 2. What There is: Of Mind and Brain 3. How We Know: Understanding the Mind 4. What is Scientific Method? 5. Reading Karl Jasper's General Psychopathology 6. What Is Scientific Method in Psychiatry 7. Darwin's Dangerous Method: The Essentialist Fallacy 8. What We Value: The Ethics of Psychiatry 9. Desire and Self: Hellenistic and Eastern Approaches PART II: Practice: What Clinicians Do and Why 10. On the Nature of Mental Illness: Disease of Myth? 11. Order out of Chaos? The Evolution of Psychiatric Nosology 12. A Theory of DSM-IV: Ideal Types 13. Dimensions versus Categories 14. The Perils of Belief: Psychosis 15. The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune: Depression 16. Life's Roller Coaster: Mania 17. Being Self-Aware: Insight 18. Psychopharmacology: Calvinism or Hedonism? 19. Truth and Statistics: Problems of Empirical Psychiatry 20. A Climate of Opinion: What Remains of Psychoanalysis 21. Being There: Existential Psychotherapy 22. Beyond Eclecticism: Integrating Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology PART III: After Eclecticism 23. Bridging the Biology-Psychology Dichotomy: The Hopes of Integrationism 24. Why It Is Hard to Be Pluralist
Synopsis
Because most psychiatric illnesses are complex phenomena, no single method or approach is sufficient to explain them or the experiences of persons who suffer from them. In The Concepts of Psychiatry S. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D. argues that the discipline of psychiatry can therefore be understood best from a pluralistic perspective. Grounding his approach in the works of Paul McHugh, Phillip Slavney, Leston Havens, and others, Ghaemi incorporates a more explicitly philosophical discussion of the strengths of a pluralistic model and the weaknesses of other approaches, such as biological or psychoanalytic theories, the biopsychosocial model, or eclecticism. Ghaemi's methodology is twofold: on the one hand, he applies philosophical ideas, such as utilitarian versus duty-based ethical models, to psychiatric practice. On the other hand, he subjects clinical psychiatric phenomena, such as psychosis or the Kraepelin nosology, to a conceptual analysis that is philosophically informed. This 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 conceptual level., Because most psychiatric illnesses are complex phenomena, no single method or approach is sufficient to explain them or the experiences of persons who suffer from them. In The Concepts of Psychiatry S. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D. argues that the discipline of psychiatry can therefore be understood best from a pluralistic perspective. Grounding his ......, Because most psychiatric illnesses are complex phenomena, no single method or approach is sufficient to explain them or the experiences of persons who suffer from them. In The Concepts of Psychiatry S. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D. argues that the discipline of psychiatry can therefore be understood best from a pluralistic perspective. Grounding his approach in the works of Paul McHugh, Phillip Slavney, Leston Havens, and others, Ghaemi incorporates a more explicitly philosophical discussion of the strengths of a pluralistic model and the weaknesses of other approaches, such as biological or psychoanalytic theories, the biopsychosocial model, or eclecticism.Ghaemi's methodology is twofold: on the one hand, he applies philosophical ideas, such as utilitarian versus duty-based ethical models, to psychiatric practice. On the other hand, he subjects clinical psychiatric phenomena, such as psychosis or the Kraepelin nosology, to a conceptual analysis that is philosophically informed. This 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 conceptual level., Because most psychiatric illnesses are complex phenomena, no single method or approach is sufficient to explain them or the experiences of persons who have them. Yet in place of past dogmatisms, contemporary psychiatry has moved toward an "anything goes" eclecticism, resulting in much confusion. In The Concepts of Psychiatry, Dr. S. Nassir Ghaemi argues that the discipline of psychiatry can be understood best from a pluralistic perspective that goes beyond both dogmatism and eclecticism. Grounding his approach in the works of Karl Jaspers, Paul McHugh, Phillip Slavney, Leston Havens, and others, Ghaemi presents a philosophical discussion of the strengths of a pluralistic model and the weaknesses of other approaches, such as biological or psychoanalytic theories and biopsychiosocial eclecticism. He also re-examines the nature of scientific method as applied to psychiatry and seeks to shed conceptual light on our current approach to psychiatric diagnosis. The paperback edition includes a new preface by the author.
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