The Modern Psychiatrist's Guide to Contemporary Practice: Discussion, Dissent, and Debate in Mental Health Care

by Brendan D. Kelly

The Modern Psychiatrist's Guide to Contemporary Practice provides an overview of psychiatry, starting with the most fundamental question of all: why does psychiatry exist?

Key topics are covered, such as: diagnosing mental illness, controversial treatments, involuntary admission, human rights, suicide, and global inequality. The book incorporates history, medicine, neuroscience, service development, legislation, and service-user movements...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032457422
• ISBN13: 9781032457420
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages