Finally, a book that explains everything you ever wanted to know about psychiatry

In Shrink Rap, three psychiatrists from different specialties provide frank answers to questions such as:

- What is psychotherapy, how does it work, and why don't all psychiatrists do it?- When are medications helpful?- What happens on a psychiatric unit?- Can Prozac make people suicidal?- Why do many doctors not like Xanax?- Why do we have an insanity defense?- Why do people confess to crimes they didn't commit?

Based on the authors' hugely popular blog and podcast series, this book is...

Finally, a book that explains everything you ever wanted to know about psychiatry

In Shrink Rap, three psychiatrists from different specialties provide frank answers to questions such as:

- What is psychotherapy, how does it work, and why don't all psychiatrists do it?- When are medications helpful?- What happens on a psychiatric unit?- Can Prozac make people suicidal?- Why do many doctors not like Xanax?- Why do we have an insanity defense?- Why do people confess to crimes they didn't commit?

Based on the authors' hugely popular blog and podcast series, this book is...

Battle lines have been drawn over involuntary treatment. On one side, there are those who oppose involuntary psychiatric treatments under any condition. Activists who take up this cause often don't acknowledge that psychiatric symptoms can render people dangerous to themselves or others. They also don't allow for the idea that the civil rights of an individual may be at odds with the heartbreak of a caring family. On the other side are groups pushing for increased use of involuntary treatment. These proponents are quick to point out that people with psychiatric illnesses often don't...