My Brother's Keeper
My Brother's Keeper
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A leading psychiatrist seeks to transform our understanding of mental health care and how it fits into larger social and economic forces—and proposes an effective and compassionate new framework for healing.
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My Brother's Keeper by Nicholas Rosenlicht Md
The 2001-02 season was a magical one for the Maryland basketball team, culminating in the school's first-ever NCA title. But as Washington Post sportswriter Josh Barr reveals here, it was never an easy road. Barr, who has spent four years on the Maryland beat, had unrivalled access to Terrapin coaches and players, and here he provides the extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of Maryland's rise to glory. He also reveals how, under Williams's leadership, players most observers had sneered at became the best team in college basketball. Barr offers keen insight into just what separated the Terrapins from every other team in the country-and from previous Maryland teams that always came up short. Along the way, we get riveting portraits of unlikely All-American Juan Dixon, who in high school lost both parents to drug-related AIDS; standout center Lonny Baxter, once considered too short and too chubby to play big-time college basketball; sophomore Chris Wilcox, the amazingly talented but frustratingly inconsistent forward; fiery Gary Williams, the coach who, many critics had said, could never win the big one; and many others. This is a remarkable story of talent and determination at college basketball's highest levels.
“Rosenlicht offers glimpses of hope, reminding readers that people continue to fight for a better system in America that encompasses all citizens, with emphasis on care, not profitMy Brother’s Keeper is a scathing look at a crisis that can no longer be ignored and a heartfelt call to demand change.” -- Kirkus Reviews
“Dr. Rosenlicht, a leading thinker in psychiatry, has written a masterful and moving narrative that provides insight into the very human struggles of mental health care and pulls back the curtain on the vast and complex factors that has led to the crisis of care for so many people. My Brother’s Keeper fiercely demonstrates the societal forces that drive us to embrace business goals, and how we must reverse this process that dehumanizes both clinicians and their patients. This deeply important book is a must-read.” -- Jodi Halpern, M.D., PhD, Chancellor’s Chair, University of California, Berkeley
“By turns infuriating, insightful, educational and, ultimately hopeful, My Brother's Keeper isn't merely an indictment of a crazy and broken system. Nicholas Rosenlicht walks us through how we got to this terrible place, and offers real—and plausible—solutions for caring for the seriously mentally ill in the U.S. A truly compelling must-read for anyone who knows anyone affected by mental illness." * Katie Hafner, author of The Boys *
“This is a brave book, an important book, a hard-hitting indictment of a mental health care system that neglects and exploits the most vulnerable. For a half a century, Dr. Rosenlicht has witnessed first-hand the evolution of health care to a business model geared to profit. Today’s mental health crisis is doubly tragic since treatments exist, solutions are at hand, if only resources were justly allocated. Calm and compassionate as Rosenlicht’s account is, My Brother’s Keeper is also a long-overdue call to arms.” * Gayle Greene, Professor Emerita, Scripps College, author of Immeasurable Outcomes *
“Dr. Rosenlicht, a leading thinker in psychiatry, has written a masterful and moving narrative that provides insight into the very human struggles of mental health care and pulls back the curtain on the vast and complex factors that has led to the crisis of care for so many people. My Brother’s Keeper fiercely demonstrates the societal forces that drive us to embrace business goals, and how we must reverse this process that dehumanizes both clinicians and their patients. This deeply important book is a must-read.” -- Jodi Halpern, M.D., PhD, Chancellor’s Chair, University of California, Berkeley
“By turns infuriating, insightful, educational and, ultimately hopeful, My Brother's Keeper isn't merely an indictment of a crazy and broken system. Nicholas Rosenlicht walks us through how we got to this terrible place, and offers real—and plausible—solutions for caring for the seriously mentally ill in the U.S. A truly compelling must-read for anyone who knows anyone affected by mental illness." * Katie Hafner, author of The Boys *
“This is a brave book, an important book, a hard-hitting indictment of a mental health care system that neglects and exploits the most vulnerable. For a half a century, Dr. Rosenlicht has witnessed first-hand the evolution of health care to a business model geared to profit. Today’s mental health crisis is doubly tragic since treatments exist, solutions are at hand, if only resources were justly allocated. Calm and compassionate as Rosenlicht’s account is, My Brother’s Keeper is also a long-overdue call to arms.” * Gayle Greene, Professor Emerita, Scripps College, author of Immeasurable Outcomes *
Nicholas Rosenlicht, M.D. is a clinical professor at UC San Francisco School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. During his time at UCSF, he has worked at the San Francisco VA hospital in both the outpatient department and on the consultation-liaison team and has served on the Human Subjects Committee of their Human Research Protection Program. He has more than forty years of clinical, research, administrative, and teaching experience and was previously on the faculty at the UCLA School of Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School) and is the author of more than thirty peer-reviewed publications.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781639367306 |
| ISBN 10 | 1639367306 |
| Title | My Brother's Keeper |
| Author | Nicholas Rosenlicht Md |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pegasus Books |
| Year published | 2024-11-21 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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