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Book SynopsisThis book will demonstrate how to use novel, systematic method for recognizing psychological adaptive mechanisms (known in psychoanalytic theory as ego defenses) in clinical encounters. This clinical method is based in published theoretical and empirical studies of these mechanisms over the past 14 years as well as working with successive classes of mental health trainees of varying disciplines at the University of Colorado. The result is an approach that trainees both apprehend and find useful. This work will offer the mental health disciplines, and even wider audiences, a platform both for 1) clinical use in everyday practice, 2) continuing clinical studies of adaptive psychology as well as 3) direct application of psychological adaptive mechanisms theory in clinical research that will improve the diagnosis and treatment of persons with mental or emotional disorders.This an important empirical model for understanding how humans adapt to the stressful experiences of their lives. They Trade Review"Tom Beresford has written a wonderful book for anyone interested in the complexities of the human mind. He brings superior teaching skills and thirty years of clinical experience together with the talents of a poet and the literary knowledge of an English professor. Each literary and clinical vignette used to illuminate unconscious coping mechanisms is a gripping, lucid, believable and compelling departure from what leads many of us away from "psychoanalytic" writing. This is a book for both beach and academic library reading." --George E. Vaillant MD, author of The Life and Lives of the Harvard Grad Study "Tom Beresford shows us clearly that psychodynamic assessment can be carried out reliably on the basis of observable behavior. In his view adaptive mechanisms are flexible and creative means of coping as well as possible, rather than involuntary defenses. His positive psychobiological approach is lucidly described with insightful case histories and other examples from writers as diverse as Homer, Chekhov, and Shakespeare. Psychiatry residents and anyone else who wants to understand human motives will delight in its content and style." -- C. Robert Cloninger, MD, Renard Professor of Psychiatry & Genetics, Washington University & Author of Feeling Good: The Science of Well-being "With Psychological Adaptive Mechanisms Dr. Beresford has presented to us a compassionate, humane, eminently readable and clinically useful labor of love. He gives us a generous mixture of clinical experience, systematic research, and poetry, helping the reader to see the poetry in each person's striving for growth and intimate connection. This book that grows out his own teaching and clinical experience will prove most useful for trainees in all the mental health disciplines, both in the USA and abroad." -- Bennett Simon, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (Cambridge Health Alliance); Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. "From the outside, Thomas Beresford may seem to have been living a double life. A trained poet and psychiatrist, he has continued to practice both activities, though one of them pays for the groceries. He himself must have felt the strains of this division. In this book, we see Beresford engaging the full range of his training and his loves. He deals with psychiatric issues, drawing on a lifetime of experience and research. His definitions of terms are concise and pointed. Psychological Adaptive Mechanisms, shrewd and engaging, has the feel of a work of personal adaptation. Anyone intrigued by Harold Bloom's assertion that he's not interested in Freudian readings of Shakespeare, but rather in Shakespearean readings of Freud, will want to embark on Beresford's fascinating intellectual journey."--Kenneth Fields, PhD, Professor of English and Creative Writing, Stanford University "Following on the work of Vaillant, Dr. Beresford brings each defense alive through telling stories from history, literature, poetry, art and clinical experience, all jargon-free. In these vignettes, the leitmotifs of how each individual recognizes stress, appropriates the need to deal with it, and integrates thought and feeling lead the reader to understand why each defense is less or more adaptive. Since we all use defenses, read this to find out what we are - often inadvertently - doing to or for ourselves in the process!"--J. Christopher Perry, MPH, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University "For those in academia, as well as those with a serious interest in psychology, Psychological Adaptive Mechanisms presents a compelling argument that is well-written, well-outlined and well-supported...Beresford's writing is clear and understandable. This is an admirable book and I believe it's safe to say its worth will not be downplayed." -- Dan Berkowitz, PsychCentralTable of ContentsChapter 1: Humans Adapt ; Chapter 2: The Clinical Model ; Chapter 3: The Clinical Method ; Chapter 4: Denial ; Chapter 5: Avoidance/ Distortion ; Chapter 6: Psychotic Projection ; Chapter 7: Acting Out ; Chapter 8: Passive Aggression ; Chapter 9: Hypochondriasis ; Chapter 10: Schizoid Fantasy ; Chapter 11: Neurotic Projection ; Chapter 12: Repression ; Chapter 13: Intellectualization, or Isolation of Affect ; Chapter 14: Dissociation ; Chapter 15: Displacement ; Chapter 16: Reaction Formation ; Chapter 17: Suppression ; Chapter 18: Anticipation ; Chapter 19: Altruism ; Chapter 20: Sublimation ; Chapter 21: Humor ; Chapter 22: Clinical and Practical Uses ; Index

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Book SynopsisParadigms Lost challenges key paradigms currently held about the prevention or reduction of stigma attached to mental illness using evidence and the experience the authors gathered during the many years of their work in this field. Each chapter examines one currently held paradigm and presents reasons why it should be replaced with a new perspective. The book argues for enlightened opportunism (using every opportunity to fight stigma), rather than more time consuming planning, and emphasizes that the best way to approach anti-stigma work is to select targets jointly with those who are most concerned. The most radical change of paradigms concerns the evaluation of outcome for anti-stigma activities. Previously, changes in stigmatizing attitudes were used as the best indicator of success. Paradigms Lost and its authors argue that it is now necessary to measure changes in behaviors (both from the perspective of those stigmatized and those who stigmatize) to obtain a more valid measure of Trade Review' Paradigms Lost is simply excellent. The chapters are clearly written and well organized and the material is relevant to the aim of the book, i.e., to inform those wishing to undertake anti-stigma programmes. I am sure that it will be a vitally important contribution to the field.' * Professor Graham Thornicroft, King's College London, UK *'Paradigms Lost: Fighting Stigma and the Lessons Learned illustrates the long standing stigma attached to mental illness and its continued prominence today. Although the problem of stigma appears daunting, the authors offer an innovative approach to help combat social exclusion. Their proposed new paradigm constructs an optimistic and practical way to break down the social barriers to recovery' * Rebecca G. Palpant, The Carter Mental Health Programme, Atlanta, Georgia, USA *'Stuart, Arboleda-Florez, and Sartorius provide a masterful tour-de-force of the scholarly literature to carefully unpack what we know about stigma so we can move ahead to eliminate its egregious impact. But their book does not end with a review of the science. They then provide a practical, hands-on guide to setting up anti-stigma programs meant to reflect the wisdom of their reviewed paradigms.' * Patrick W. Corrigan, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA *'This extraordinary book by international experts stands on its head the accepted wisdom about fighting the stigma of mental illness. This is the most important book yet published on what we must do to reduce the insidious and powerful force that can paralyze attempts to improve recovery from psychiatric disorder' * Professor Richard Warner, University of Colorado, Denver, USA *With a unique 2 part format that addresses stigma but also personal clinical and field experiences, this book is a historical compendium with a passionate call to action. To help readers move ahead quickly, tip sheets and assessments are included. The boldness of the statements in this book are refreshing and should help fight stigma around the world to improve the lives of people living with mental illness. Hats off to the publishers for recognizing the importance of this work. * Linda B. Cottler, University of Florida, USA *We are all opposed to the stigma of mental illness, but that is not enough. We needed this book to remind us of what we previously misunderstood, and to reinforce what we now know. As Kuhn said, looking at a contour map, the student sees lines on paper, the cartographer a picture of a terrain. We may be redrawing our old map, but we have not as yet found a new one. * The British Journal of Psychiatry, Feb 2013 *Table of ContentsPreface ; -Part I Eroding Paradigms ; Chapter 1 ; Introduction - The nature and nurture of stigma ; The origins and meaning of stigma ; Consequences of stigma for people with a mental illness ; Consequences for family members ; Consequences of stigma for mental health systems and societies ; Anti-stigma initiatives are growing ; Chapter 2 ; Paradigm 1: Developed countries have eradicated systemic discrimination on the grounds of mental illness ; Mental health development ; Employment inequity ; NIMBYISM, homelessness, and the inverse care law ; Media depictions and public tolerance ; Chapter 3 ; Paradigm 2: In developing countries, people with mental illnesses are not stigmatized ; Exploding the myth ; Stigma in other cultures ; Islamic cultures ; Chinese culture ; Indian culture ; Chapter 4 ; Paradigm 3: The fight against stigma must be based on well-developed long term specific and comprehensive plans ; A case for enlightened opportunism ; Networks of practice ; Network governance and leadership ; General principles, rather than specific plans guide anti-stigma activities ; Chapter 5 ; Paradigm 4: Scientific evidence will best define the targets of anti-stigma work ; Evidence-based advocacy ; Evidence is in the eye of the beholder ; To be successful, programs must target local needs ; To be successful programs must build better practices ; Chapter 6 ; Paradigm 5: Mental health professionals should lead anti-stigma programs ; Mental health professionals are worthy targets of anti-stigma programs ; Stigma in general health care settings ; Mental health systems as agents of social control ; What can mental health professionals do differently? ; Chapter 7 ; Paradigm 6: Improving knowledge about mental illnesses will reduce stigma and discrimination ; The nature of prejudice ; Can prejudice respond to nuggets of knowledge? ; What about mental health literacy? ; Anti-stigma programs as purveyors of medical knowledge ; Chapter 8 ; Paradigm 7: An anti-stigma program is successful if it changes attitudes ; The knowledge-attitude-behaviour continuum ; 'What we dont know about prejudice reduction ; How much change is change? ; When are anti-stigma programs successful? ; Environments are not just containers ; Chapter 9 ; Paradigm 8: Community care for the mentally ill will destigmatize mental illness and psychiatry ; Stigma as a consequence of institutionalization ; Stigma as a consequence of community care ; Stigma as a social barrier to recovery ; Chapter 10 ; Paradigm 9: Campaigns are an excellent way of reducing stigma ; The cause de jour ; Can social inclusion be sold like soap? ; Chapter 11 ; Paradigm 10: Anti-stigma programs should be built on the premise that mental illness is like any other illness ; Forced confinement and treatment ; Anti-psychiatry sentiments ; Violence and unpredictability ; An illness like any other? ; Chapter 12 ; Paradigm 11: The stigma of mental illness is too deeply ingrained to prevent or reduce it ; The importance of fighting back ; -Overcoming NIMBYISMthe Not in My Backyard Syndrome ; Changing the way emergency departments do business ; Connecting with teachers and students ; Engaging the police ; Engaging the media ; Can community projects make a population difference? ; -Chapter 13 Summary of Part 1 ; -Implications for anti-stigma programming paradigms lost ; -Part II Building Programs Against Stigma and its Consequences ; Chapter 14 - Getting going ; Introduction ; Developing a program committee ; Creating an advisory committee ; Setting clear goals ; Creating interes ; Acquiring and monitoring resources ; Writing a successful funding application ; Chapter summary and chapter checklist ; Chapter 15 - Identifying program priorities ; Identifying program priorities through qualitative investigation ; Focus groups ; Steps in conducting a focus group ; Troubleshooting in focus groups ; Analysis of focus group data ; Identifying program priorities using semi-structured interviews ; Identifying program priorities using surveys ; Chapter summary and chapter checklist ; Chapter 16 - Program development ; Picking target groups ; Journalists ; Youth ; Health professionals ; Members of community neighbourhoods ; Police ; Policy makers and legislators ; Choosing a program approach ; Creating a program logic model ; Including people who have experienced a mental illness in program delivery ; Families ; Using media wisely ; Working with external media experts ; Working with television ; Working with radio ; Working with the arts ; Pilot testing ; Chapter summary and chapter checklist ; Chapter 17 - Program monitoring and evaluation ; Using qualitative data to monitor program implementation ; Assessing change ; Specification of program outcomes ; Setting performance targets ; Devising and implementing a data collection plan ; Data management and analysis ; Identifying lessons learned ; Ethical issues in evaluation ; Communicating results ; Chapter summary and chapter checklist ; Bibliography and Suggested Readings ; The Nature of Stigma ; Evaluation Methods ; Works Cited ; Appendix: Inventories of Stigma Experiences ; Personal Experiences with the Stigma of Mental Illness ; Family Experiences with the Stigma of Mental Illness ; Appendix ; Index

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Book SynopsisThe book presents a modern, psychoanalytically-informed chronological view of how the mind develops from infancy through young adulthood. It is a comprehensive work which integrates analytic theories and concepts with a contemporary systems model of development and draws on scholarly research from neighboring fields.Trade ReviewIt has been decades since psychoanalysis has had an adequate textbook on child and adolescent development. Gilmore and Meersand have provided us with an excellent one that avoids the parochialism of traditional psychoanalytic texts, integrating the disparate schools that populate the modern day pluralistic world of psychoanalysis while also weaving in the relevant findings from cognitive and neuroscience. This book will be essential for psychoanalytic candidates around the world. * Alan Sugarman, Ph.D, Training and Supervising Child, Adolescent, & Adult Psychoanalyst, San Diego Psychoanalytic Center; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego *Table of ContentsChapter 1: A psychoanalytic orientation to development in the 21st century ; Chapter 2: Infancy: psychoanalytic theory, developmental research and the mother-child dyad in the first year of life ; Chapter 3: Toddlerhood: separation-individuation, rapprochement and the forerunners of superego development ; Chapter 4: The oedipal phase and the oedipal complex: developmental advances and theoretical considerations ; Chapter 5: Latency: The era of learning, autonomy and peer relationships ; Chapter 6: Preadolescence and early adolescence: overview of the adolescent process; challenges of sexual maturation; pre- and early adolescence. ; Chapter 7: Middle and Late Adolescence: sex and gender, individuation, and identity in progression toward the threshold of adulthood. ; Chapter 8: Emerging adulthood and contemporary society: Development in the third decade ; Glossary ; Index

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Book SynopsisThis introductory text on psychotherapy emphasizes the details of major treatment models and also the theory and research findings that inform the field of psychotherapy in general. A specific learning sequence is laid out that permits the student to develop beginning competence as a psychotherapist.Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Psychological theories: Key concepts ; 3. Toward an integrated understanding of psychotherapy: Useful perspectives ; 4. Learning psychotherapy ; 5. Current psychotherapies ; 6. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisDepression has become the single most commonly treated mental disorder, amid claims that one out of ten Americans suffer from this disorder every year and 25% succumb at some point in their lives. Warnings that depressive disorder is a leading cause of worldwide disability have been accompanied by a massive upsurge in the consumption of antidepressant medication, widespread screening for depression in clinics and schools, and a push to diagnose depression early, on the basis of just a few symptoms, in order to prevent more severe conditions from developing. In The Loss of Sadness, Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield argue that, while depressive disorder certainly exists and can be a devastating condition warranting medical attention, the apparent epidemic in fact reflects the way the psychiatric profession has understood and reclassified normal human sadness as largely an abnormal experience. With the 1980 publication of the landmark third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III), mental health professionals began diagnosing depression based on symptoms-such as depressed mood, loss of appetite, and fatigue-that lasted for at least two weeks. This system is fundamentally flawed, the authors maintain, because it fails to take into account the context in which the symptoms occur. They stress the importance of distinguishing between abnormal reactions due to internal dysfunction and normal sadness brought on by external circumstances. Under the current DSM classification system, however, this distinction is impossible to make, so the expected emotional distress caused by upsetting events-for example, the loss of a job or the end of a relationship-could lead to a mistaken diagnosis of depressive disorder. Indeed, it is this very mistake that lies at the root of the presumed epidemic of major depression in our midst. In telling the story behind this phenomenon, the authors draw on the 2,500-year history of writing about depression, including studies in both the medical and social sciences, to demonstrate why the DSM''s diagnosis is so flawed. They also explore why it has achieved almost unshakable currency despite its limitations. Framed within an evolutionary account of human health and disease, The Loss of Sadness presents a fascinating dissection of depression as both a normal and disordered human emotion and a sweeping critique of current psychiatric diagnostic practices. The result is a potent challenge to the diagnostic revolution that began almost thirty years ago in psychiatry and a provocative analysis of one of the most significant mental health issues today.Trade Review"Relentless in its logic, Horwitz and Wakefield's book forces one to confront basic issues that cut to the heart of psychiatry. It has caused me to rethink my own position and how the authors' concerns might best be handled. It will shape future discussion and research on depression, and it will be an indispensable guide to those rethinking psychiatric diagnostic criteria in preparation for the DSM-V. [A] watershed in the conceptual development of the field."--from the Foreword by Robert L. Spitzer, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and Head of the Task Forces for the DSM-III and DSM-III-R "The Loss of Sadness is a tour de force. Horwitz and Wakefield bring much-needed conceptual clarity to the understanding of depression and provide a powerful model for the analysis of all psychological disorders. I predict that it will have a monumental impact."--David M. Buss, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, and author of Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind "Drs. Horwitz and Wakefield make a persuasive argument that has major public health implications. Integrating historical, philosophical, and psychological evidence, they have written a comprehensive, incisive, and quite readable book that is sure to challenge psychiatry's notions of what is disorder and what is normal."--Michael B. First, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, and Editor, DSM-IV-TR "Depression is the mental health problem of our generation. In this important and penetrating book, Horwitz and Wakefield show that psychiatry no longer clearly differentiates between normal sadness and depressive disorder. A must read for anyone who wants to understand how so much "depression" has become medicalized."--Peter Conrad, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Brandeis University, and author of The Medicalization of Society "With superb scholarship and crisp prose, Horwitz and Wakefield examine the fatal flaw at the core of depression diagnosis. This book describes, with devastating clarity, why the DSM went off track and how the resulting scientific train wreck slows research and distorts our experience of our own sadness. If the DSM was based on biology, this book would signal a new beginning."--Randolph Nesse, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, and author of Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine "Not another hackneyed anti-psychiatry polemic, The Loss of Sadness is a brilliant analysis of how mental health professionals can avoid pathologizing normal, emotional responses to life's stressors while accurately identifying those suffering from genuine depressive disorders. Erudite and engagingly written, The Loss of Sadness is destined to have a major impact on our field."--Richard J. McNally, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of Remembering Trauma "Excellent scholarship and wonderful writing. Without doubt, this book will stimulate reflection and debate among psychiatrists, epidemiologists, and social and behavioral scientists."--Leonard Pearlin, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, University of Maryland "An interesting and thought-provoking book that underscores the need to examine more fully each patient's psychological illness and the factors contributing to it...I would recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding depression more fully and the place normal sadness has in our society."--Doody's "Allan Horwitz and Jerome Wakefield's important book...is part of a gathering blowback against the pathologization and medicalization of the ordinary human condition of sadness after loss...Important enough to make much of this book required reading for depression researchers and clinicians."--Lancet "These collaborators maintain a constructive, scholarly tone and display a total command of the pertinent literature, they will gain a respectful hearing from psychiatrists."--New York Review of Books "This book is highly recommended to any scholar, student, or layperson who is interested in exploring unresolved aspects of psychiatric taxonomy, and especially to any of the scholars currently involved in the DSM-V revisions. This is an important intellectual tour de force that will propel further substantive debate on these critical issues."--PsycCRITIQUES "Meticulous and timely."--British Medical Journal "When historians try to understand why psychiatric diagnosis abandoned validity for the sake of reliability in the years surrounding the millennium, they will rely on The Loss of Sadness. In measured tones and exacting prose, Horwitz and Wakefield deliver not only a devastating critique of the DSM diagnostic criteria for depression, but also a thoughtful and authoritative assessment of how they came to exist and persistIf this book cannot change the DSM criteria for depression, nothing will."--Psychiatric Times "This wonderful book will alter professional thinking."--Nursing Standard "The Loss of Sadness is one of the most important books in the field of psychiatry published in the last few years...In short, this is a brilliant book with a significance well beyond its narrow but important subject."--Spectator "The Loss of Sadness is a useful and interesting review of the history of depression and its diagnosis over time...a cautionary tale for those conducting depression research, shaping policy, and developing DSM-V."--Psychiatric Services "This thought-provoking book challenges us to examine and re-examine our conceptions of normal sadness and depression. It makes an important contribution to the field and provides a powerful impact on the reader."--Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services "The Loss of Sadness may well be a wake-up call for North American psychiatrists."--History of Psychiatry "The issue identified by the authors--increase of pathologising and prescribing--is serious and current; and they make clear one key possible diagnosis, that the limits of pathology are being illegitimately stretched. The authors are expert in this position and their book is essential reading for anyone concerned with these problems."--British Journal of Pyschiatry "...[a] provocative and well-written book...impressively documented and meticulous detail..The result is often eye-opening and enlightening...."--Social Service Review "...an iconoclastic yet careful, balanced, and scholarly work, which through sheer logic and force of argument compellingly challenges commonly accepted wisdom in all corners of the mental health world: research, epidemiology, public policy, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and even university mental health...Read it--it will make you think about your profession, your practice, and your society."--As reviewed by Steven P. Gilbert, PhD, ABPP, LP, Minnesota State University Mankato in Journal of College Student Psychotherapy "Finally, a book about anxiety disorders that is based on a deep understanding of normal anxiety! I wish every mental health clinician would read it. Its spectacularly clear prose reveals the landscape of normal anxiety like an airplane's radar reveals the ground beneath the fog." -- Randolph M. Nesse, MD, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI "The area of anxiety disorders has needed a thorough review and a shake-up for a long time. In this bold and thought-provoking work, Allan Horwitz and Jerome Wakefield have relied mainly on the insights from the evolutionary theory to provide a critical and powerful analysis of the modern concept of anxiety disorders. Regardless of whether or to what extent one agrees with them, their book rightly challenges the prevailing notions and is likely to perturb current thinking about fear, anxiety and anxiety disorders. It will certainly add more substance to much-needed discussions and debates about the nature of these conditions, psychiatric diagnoses and an often-imperceptible boundary between normality and psychopathology." -- Vladan Starcevic, MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia "In their new book, Horwitz and Wakefield offer the same incisive analysis that they brought to psychiatry's medicalization of sadness in their first book, The Loss of Sadness, to explain the reasons for the soaring prevalence of anxiety disorders over the past 20 years, namely that psychiatry has been mislabeling normal anxiety and fear reactions as disorder. Most importantly, they bring their analysis to bear on the actual definitions of anxiety disorders that are enshrined in the American Psychiatric Association's manual of mental disorders, pointing out the various weaknesses and flaws with regard to construction of definitions of anxiety disorders that effectively delineate normal anxiety and fear from abnormal anxiety and fear." -- Michael B. First, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NYTable of ContentsForeword, by Robert L. Spitzer ; 1. The Concept of Depression ; 2. The Anatomy of Normal Sadness ; 3. Sadness With and Without Cause: Depression From Ancient Times Through the Nineteenth Century ; 4. Depression in the Twentieth Century ; 5. Depression in the DSM-IV ; 6. Importing Pathology Into the Community ; 7. The Surveillance of Sadness ; 8. The DSM and Biological Research About Depression ; 9. The Rise of Antidepressant Drug Treatments ; 10. The Failure of the Social Sciences to Distinguish Sadness from Depressive Disorder ; 11. Conclusion ; Notes ; References ; Index

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Book SynopsisHippocrates Cried offers an eye-witness account of the decline of American psychiatry by an experienced psychiatrist and researcher. Arguing that patients with mental disorders are no longer receiving the care they need, Dr. Taylor suggest that modern psychiatrists in the U.S. rely too heavily on the DSM, a diagnostic tool that fails to properly diagnose many cases of mental disorder and often neglects important conditions or symptoms. American psychiatry has come to reflect simplistic algorithms forged by pharmaceutical companies, rather than true scientific methodology. Few professionals have a working knowledge of psychopathology outside of what is outlined in the DSM, and more mental health patients are being treated by primary care physicians than ever before.Dr. Tayler creates a passionate yet scholarly account of this issue. For psychiatrists and researchers, this book is a plea for help. Combining personal vignettes and informative data, it creates a powerful illustration of a Trade Review"Dr. Taylor's Hippocrates Cried is an amazing read. Michael brings a wealth of history and clinical insights to bear on the evolution of psychiatry and the emergence of neuropsychiatry. Although billed as a book on the decline of American psychiatry, I found it to be an uplifting account of the emergence of neuropsychiatry and the benefits of marrying neuroscience with psychiatry and behavioral health. It is a provocative forward-looking history that entertains, teaches, and provokes thought." -- Jeffrey L. Cummings, MD, ScD, Director, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Camille and Larry Ruvo Chair for Brain Health, Cleveland Clinic , Las Vegas, NV "I found myself breaking into involuntary laugher at points in reading this manuscript, not because the stories are really funny - they are horrifying - but because they illustrate the failure of American psychiatry in the last third of the twentieth century... Doctor Taylor gives us a view from the trenches. He is actually a psychiatrist of great international distinction, and he says that the changes in psychiatry he describes here have been even more worrying than we thought. One might have imagined that after the destruction of Freud's psychoanalysis, things would have gone well. Not a bit of it! The field's unhappy lurch towards cookbook diagnosis and psychopharm simplehood have had a very unhappy influence on patient care. Taylor has experienced all this ringside over the last 45 years, and he is forceful, well-spoken, and amusing." -- Dr. Edward Shorter, Professor of the History of Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada "According to Michael Taylor, American psychiatry is on life support and fading fast. In this thoughtful and well-written book, Taylor details the grievous wounds inflicted on the profession first by Freudian theory and then by the pharmaceutical industry, but psychiatrists also have themselves to blame. Taylor champions neuropsychiatry and decries the deterioration of his profession over the past half century. Given his analysis, the ultimate integration of psychiatry and neurology is inevitable and should be most welcome. This is a very useful book for anyone using psychiatrists, or wondering why they did." -- Fuller Torrey, MD, Executive Director, Stanley Medical Research Institute, Chevy Chase, MD "Dr. Taylor's stories may be emotionally charged and somewhat one-sided, but when he moves away from his own experiences and surveys the present state of psychiatry, he offers a sound critique of the pillars of American Psychiatry... His larger argument is convincing because it marshals evidence, not simply his own opinion. ... So read his anecdotes with an understanding of his frustration, and wait for Dr. Taylor's cooler analyses. The content of his arguments are well worth consideration." --New York Journal of Books "Whether Taylor is correct that biologically based neuropsychiatry will someday subsume psychiatry, his provocative book will give many clinicians and trainees considerable pause." --Publishers Weekly "The book is written as if you are sitting with Dr. Taylor on his back porch, as he recounts his life. It is well written, frank, and clear. ... If it receives the attention it deserves, his laudable effort here would benefit humanity multiple times more than all the other pseudo-critiques of psychiatry combined." --Acta Psychiatrica ScandinavicaTable of ContentsIntroduction ; Hippocrates ; The Hippocratic Oaths ; The Patient Vignettes ; Acknowledgements ; Chapter 1: The Origins of Indignation ; Chapter 2: First do no Harm ; Chapter 3: Free of Injustice and Mischief ; Chapter 4: For the benefit of the Sick ; Chapter 5: Peeves ; Chapter 6: Extinction of the U.S. Psychiatry as We Know ItL Survival of the Fit ; Chapter 7: Back to the Future: The Once and Future King ; Notes ; Reference List ; Index

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Book SynopsisFor the last thirty years, the nation''s mental health and social service systems have been under relentless assault, with dramatically rising costs and the fragmentation of service delivery rendering them incapable of ensuring the safety, security, and recovery of their clients. The resulting organizational trauma both mirrors and magnifies the trauma-related problems their clients seek relief from. Just as the lives of people exposed to chronic trauma and abuse become organized around the traumatic experience, so too have our social service systems become organized around the recurrent stress of trying to do more under greater pressure: they become crisis-oriented, authoritarian, disempowered, and demoralized, often living in the present moment, haunted by the past, and unable to plan for the future.Complex interactions among traumatized clients, stressed staff, pressured organizations, and a social and economic climate that is often hostile to recovery efforts recreate the very expeTable of ContentsPrologue ; Introduction ; Chapter 1: Human Service Delivery Organizations: Dead or Alive? ; Chapter 2: "I Gotta Get out of This Place": Workplace Stress as a Threat to Public Health ; Chapter 3: When Terror Becomes a Way of Life ; Chapter 4: Parallel Processes and Trauma-Organized Systems ; Chapter 5: Lack of Basic Safety ; Chapter 6: Loss of Emotional Management ; Chapter 7: Organizational Learning Disabilities, Organizational Amnesia, and Decision-Making Under Stress ; Chapter 8: Miscommunication, Conflict, and Organizational Alexithymia ; Chapter 9: Authoritarianism, Disempowerment, and Learned Helplessness ; Chapter 10: Punishment, Revenge, and Organizational Injustice ; Chapter 11: Unresolved Grief, Reenactment, and Decline ; Chapter 12: Restoring Sanctuary: Organizations as Living, Complex Adaptive Social Systems ; References ; Index

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Book SynopsisNarrative psychiatry empowers patients to shape their lives through story. Rather than focusing only on finding the source of the problem, in this collaborative clinical approach psychiatrists also help patients diagnose and develop their sources of strength. By encouraging the patient to explore their personal narrative through questioning and story-telling, the clinician helps the patient participate in and discover the ways in which they construct meaning, how they view themselves, what their values are, and who it is exactly that they want to be. These revelations in turn inform clinical decision-making about what it is that ails them, how they''d like to treat it, and what recovery might look like. The Art of Narrative Psychiatry is the first comprehensive description of narrative psychiatry in action. Engaging and accessible, it demonstrates how to help patients cultivate their personal sources of strength and meaning as resources for recovery. Illustrated with vivid case reportsTrade ReviewThis is a quality, captivating book that is very useful for psychiatry. * Doody's Notes *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Part I Foundations of Narrative Psychiatry ; Chapter 1 What is Narrative Psychiatry? ; Chapter 2 Connecting with Compassion: The Therapeutic Relationship ; Chapter 3 Starting with Stories of Success: The Initial Psychiatric Consultation ; Chapter 4 Unpacking the Problem: Understanding Symptoms and Suffering ; Chapter 5 Cultivating Stories of Strength and Meaning: The Course of Treatment ; Chapter 6 Collaborating in Considering Treatment Options: Medicine and Other Psychiatric Resources ; Part II Narrative Psychiatry in Practice ; Chapter 7 Finding Lost Stories of Love: Remembering Love and Legacy Amid Loss ; Chapter 8 Finding Ones Voice: Recovering from Trauma ; Chapter 9 Finding Happiness: Rising from Despair and Turning Away from Anxiety ; Conclusion

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Book SynopsisBipolar disorder is one of the most common and disabling conditions affecting humankind. Millions of individuals struggle with its effects. People with bipolar illness seek help from physicians and therapists of nearly every specialty; this pocket-sized guide provides a concise, current and practical overview of bipolar disorder.Trade ReviewThis is meant to be a short, portable guide to bipolar illness for clinicians unfamiliar with it. It does a good job meeting its intended purpose. The author educates without bogging readers down with too much technical detail. There are good references in each chapter for those wanting further information. * Doody's Notes *Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Introduction ; Chapter 2 - Making a diagnosis of bipolar disorder ; Chapter 3 - Epidemiology of Bipolar Disorder ; Chapter 4 - Illness comorbidity and co-occurrence in bipolar disorders ; Chapter 5 - Neurophysiology of bipolar disorder ; Chapter 6 - Genetics of bipolar disorder ; Chapter 7 - Psychopharmacologic Management of Bipolar Disorder ; Chapter 8 - Psychotherapy and complementary treatments ; Chapter 9 - A Programmatic Approach to Treatment ; Chapter 10 - Managing special populations ; Appendix

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