The Perspectives of Psychiatry - Softcover

McHugh, M.D. Paul R. R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801860466 ISBN 13: 9780801860461

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health, LWW, 1998

Synopsis

Substantially revised to include a wealth of new material, the second edition of this highly acclaimed work provides a concise, coherent introduction that brings structure to an increasingly fragmented and amorphous discipline. Paul R. McHugh and Phillip R. Slavney offer an approach that emphasizes psychiatry's unifying concepts while accommodating its diversity. Recognizing that there may never be a single, all-encompassing theory, the book distills psychiatric practice into four explanatory methods: diseases, dimensions of personality, goal-directed behaviors, and life stories. These perspectives, argue the authors, underlie the principles and practice of all psychiatry. With an understanding of these fundamental methods, readers will be equipped to organize and evaluate psychiatric information and to develop a confident approach to practice and research.

About this title

About the Authors

Paul R. McHugh, M.D., is the Henry Phipps Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus, the former director of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the coauthor of The Perspectives of Psychiatry, also available from Johns Hopkins. He was selected by President George W. Bush to sit on the Presidential Council on Bioethics and by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to be on their National Review Board for the elimination of the sexual abuse of children by clergy.

Phillip R. Slavney, M.D., is the Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the author of Psychiatric Dimensions of Medical Practice, coeditor of The Primary Care Physician's Guide to Common Psychiatric and Neurologic Problems, and coauthor of The Perspectives of Psychiatry, all available from Johns Hopkins.

From the Back Cover

Now in paperback, this highly acclaimed work provides a concise, coherent introduction to an increasingly fragmented discipline. Paul McHugh and Phillip Slavney offer an approach that emphasizes psychiatry's unifying concepts while accommodating its diversity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health, LWW
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801860466
• ISBN 13: 9780801860461
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 346