New Horizons in Psychiatry

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published by Penguin Books The rangé of psychiatric illness is as large as the volume of patients and the volume of patients in many Western countries fills almost half the hospitál beds. We urgently need to understand what psychiatric illness really is and what psychiatrists themselves actually do. The purpose of New Horizons in Psychiatry is to bring the generál reader up to date with recent major advances. There is little theory in this book: the author's aim throughout is to bring home what in practice is being done. He deals with the solid centre of practical problems: What causes schizophrenia? What is the role of neurosurgery and the new drugs? What can be done for addicts and alcoholics? What happens at the extremes of childhood and old age? The full-scale analysis in chapters 5 and 6 of new methods in psychiatric hospitals and the future of psychiatric services is perhaps of particular importance. The book ends with two chapters on the vexed relationship between law and... Tovább

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published by Penguin Books The rangé of psychiatric illness is as large as the volume of patients and the volume of patients in many Western countries fills almost half the hospitál beds. We urgently need to understand what psychiatric illness really is and what psychiatrists themselves actually do. The purpose of New Horizons in Psychiatry is to bring the generál reader up to date with recent major advances. There is little theory in this book: the author's aim throughout is to bring home what in practice is being done. He deals with the solid centre of practical problems: What causes schizophrenia? What is the role of neurosurgery and the new drugs? What can be done for addicts and alcoholics? What happens at the extremes of childhood and old age? The full-scale analysis in chapters 5 and 6 of new methods in psychiatric hospitals and the future of psychiatric services is perhaps of particular importance. The book ends with two chapters on the vexed relationship between law and psychiatry. A fresh look at psychiatric evidence and what 'treatment of the offender' really implies leads to a detailed review of the merits of the 1959 Mentái Health Act. The author, a senior lecturer in psychiatry at St George's Hospitál, London, has written a full and fascinating account of the reality of psychiatric illness and treatment today. The cover shows a Tinguely machine drawing, Iris Clert Galiery Vissza