In a House of Dreams and Glass: Becoming a Psychiatrist

by Robert Klitzman

Book Overview

From Simon & Schuster, In a House of Dreams and Glass recounts in dramatic detail the true story of a young psychiatrist's grueling training. Even as it illustrates the controversies and questions of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671734504
• ISBN13: 9780671734503
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Highly recommended!

Incredible insight into what it's like to be a psychiatrist! His style is entertaining and the stories are very interesting. You'll learn a little psychiatry, too.

Very Insightful Account of Mental Health Treatment

This book is interesting reading for anyone who wants to know more about the mental health treatment 'industry' as displayed at one hospital. Dr. Klitzman's frank account from the perspective of a resident in training gives honest and open insight and opinions into the various treatment methods he learned to administer. He also explores his responses, perceptions and disagreements with these methods. However, the accounts are not overly-clinical, but are told from a very humane perspective.

Great account of the realities of a psychiatric residency.

I am considering studying to be a psychiatrist and I found this account extraordinarily informative. The author does a great job highlighting the frequent challenges and infrequent rewards of a psychiatric residency.