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Concepts of Psychiatry by S. Nassir Ghaemi & Paul R. McHugh
A Pluralistic Approach to the Mind and Mental Illness
Argues that the discipline of psychiatry can be understood best from a pluralistic perspective that goes beyond both dogmatism and eclecticism. Grounding the approach in the works of Karl Jaspers, Paul McHugh, Phillip Slavney, Leston Havens, and others, this title presents a discussion of the strengths of a pluralistic model.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 pscyhoanalytic 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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| Author(s) : S. Nassir Ghaemi & Paul R. McHugh | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0801886309 | ISBN-13 : 9780801886300 |
| RRP : £16.50 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 03/07/2007
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page Length : 384mm
Page Size : 229mm