Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: Book Author: Burns, Tom, 1946- author. Title: Our necessary shadow : the nature and meaning of psychiatry / Tom Burns. Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Pegasus Books, 2014. Description: xlix, 332 pages ; 24 cm Summary: A lot is written about psychiatry and the things it deals with, but very little that describes psychiatry itself. Why should there be such a need? There isn't a raft of books explaining all the other branches of medicine. Subjects: Psychiatry -- History. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-309) and index. Contents: Introduction: What is psychiatry and what is it for? -- What to expect if you are referred to a psychiatrist -- How modern psychiatry developed. The origins of institutional psychiatry -- The discovery of the unconscious -- The rise and fall of psychoanalysis -- The first medical model (between the wars) -- The impact of war -- Out of the asylum - the origins of community care -- The questions psychiatry asks about us and the questions we ask of it. Is mental illness real? Psychiatry's legitimacy -- Is psychiatry trustworthy? Psychiatry's sins and abuses -- Is bad behavior any of our business? Psychiatry and the law -- A diagnosis for everything and the medicalization of everyday life -- New treatments but old dilemmas -- The rise of neuroscience and the future of psychiatry -- ISBN: 9781605985701 1605985708 9781605985701 : HRD 1605985708 : HRD Other Number: 858843459 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 425463 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 616.89 Burns Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
