From strenuous opposition to physician-assisted suicide to a conviction that sex-correction surgery for newborns is cruel and misguided, Dr. Paul R. McHugh's opinions are strong and often controversial. In this collection of essays, McHugh demonstrates why he is one of the most thought-provoking figures in the academic world.
These pieces argue for a realistic appraisal of just what psychiatrists know and how they know it, with the aim of indicating how such knowledge can best be used not only for better patient care but also to reflect on and influence public issues and social...
From strenuous opposition to physician-assisted suicide to a conviction that sex-correction surgery for newborns is cruel and misguided, Dr. Paul R...
Because most psychiatric illnesses are complex phenomena, no single method or approach is sufficient to explain them or the experiences of persons who suffer from them. In The Concepts of Psychiatry S. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D. argues that the discipline of psychiatry can therefore be understood best from a pluralistic perspective. Grounding his approach in the works of Paul McHugh, Phillip Slavney, Leston Havens, and others, Ghaemi incorporates a more explicitly philosophical discussion of the strengths of a pluralistic model and the weaknesses of other approaches, such as biological or...
Because most psychiatric illnesses are complex phenomena, no single method or approach is sufficient to explain them or the experiences of persons ...
stematiker apostrophiert, deren Leistungen bestenfalls als uberholt angese hen werden, nicht selten jedoch auch als Hemmschuh fur die neuen Seh weisen einer psychodynamischen Psychiatrie mit tiefen psychologischen Theorien, Lehranalysen, Selbsterfahrungsgruppen u. a. m. Unberucksichtigt bleibt dabei meist, dass viele der neuen Lehren trotz der Betonung von Be griffen wie "Seele" oder "psychisch" im Grunde nur maskierte Formen einer modischen identitatstheoretischen Philosophie materialistischer Couleur darstellen (Koehler 1984). Gewiss ist gegen eine psychodynamische Ausbildung des psychiatri...
stematiker apostrophiert, deren Leistungen bestenfalls als uberholt angese hen werden, nicht selten jedoch auch als Hemmschuh fur die neuen Seh weisen...
