Understanding Troubled Minds - Softcover

Sidney, Bloch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052285754X ISBN 13: 9780522857542

Publisher: Melbourne University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Many of us take our mental health for granted. But when confronted by mental illness in family members, friends or ourselves, even the most competent can become overwhelmed. Understanding Troubled Minds guides us calmly and authoritatively through the full range of mental illnesses and their treatment, and includes chapters dealing specifically with mental illnesses afflicting women, children and the elderly. It stresses the value of partnerships between psychiatrists, patients and their families. Balanced, humanistic and thoroughly readable, this fully revised edition of Understanding Troubled Minds serves as a practical guide to mental illness and its treatment.

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About the Author

Sidney Bloch is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne and Honorary Psychiatrist at St Vincent s Hospital in Melbourne. He was Associate Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry for a decade and Chief Editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry for thirteen years (a record tenure in the history of the Journal). His 14 books, many of which have been translated, deal with the psychotherapies, psycho-oncology and medical ethics. Understanding Troubled Minds- A Guide to Mental Illness and its Treatment won the SANE Book of the Year Award in 2012. He was awarded a Citation by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 2004 for his academic contribution to psychiatry. He is also a Fellow of that College as well as a Fellow of the British Royal College of Psychiatrists. He has had Visiting Professorships in the Chinese University Of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Columbia University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Melbourne University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052285754X
• ISBN 13: 9780522857542
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 368