Models for Mental Disorder by Peter J Tyrer
The theory and practice of psychiatry remains fragmented despite many attempts to induce consistency into the subject. The main reasons for this lack of consistency are to be found in the different schools of psychiatry, predominently the organic (sometimes described as medical), psychodynamic (psychoanalytical), behavioural and social psychiatric schools. Each looks at psychiatry from a different standpoint and hence introduces a bias into assessment and management that conflicts with the other schools. Each of these schools is founded on a model that is sound in some parts of the subject and quite unsatisfactory in others. In straight-forward language, this frank and unbiased book outlines the different models underpinning schools of psychiatric thought, and illustrates both their advantages and efficiencies. Finally, it describes an integrated model and shows how each approach can be used at different times in the course of a psychiatric illness.
Peter Tyrer is Professor of Community Psychiatry and Head of Department of Psychological Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine and has a specialist interest in Personality Disorders. In addition to his clinical and academic work he lectures widely in Europe and has run clinical trials on the use of benzodiazepines in depression with particular attention to patients with personality disorders. He is currently Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry, the most prestigious psychiatry journal in Europe.
Derek Steinberg is now retired after a career as a consultant psychiatrist in the NHS.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780471912866 |
| ISBN 10 | 0471912867 |
| Title | Models for Mental Disorder |
| Author | Peter J Tyrer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 1987-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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