| The Perspectives of Psychiatry Contributor(s): McHugh, Paul R. (Author), Slavney, Phillip R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801860466 ISBN-13: 9780801860461 Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health, Lww OUR PRICE: $31.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1998 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Psychiatry - General - Psychology | Psychopathology - General |
| Dewey: 616.890 |
| LCCN: 98026808 |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.02" W x 9" (1.14 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Slavney, Phillip R.: - Phillip R. Slavney, M.D., is Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the author of Perspectives on "Hysteria" and co-author, with Paul R. McHugh, M.D., of The Perspectives of Psychiatry, also available from Johns Hopkins.McHugh, Paul R.: - 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. |
