The Perspectives of Psychiatry - Hardcover

McHugh MD, Dr. Paul R.; Slavney MD, Dr. Phillip R.

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9780801830396: The Perspectives of Psychiatry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801830397 ISBN 13: 9780801830396

Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983

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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.

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About the Author:

Paul R. McHugh, M.D., is Henry Phipps Professor and Director in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Phillip R. Slavney, M.D., is Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Review:

"A statement of the scientific status of psychiatry that examines its conceptual foundations, its modes of reasoning, and the means by which empiricism and humanism can be joined to advance our understanding of both the universal and the particular in psychopathology... The best single volume on psychiatry that anyone could read." -- New England Journal of Medicine

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