Psychiatry : From Its Historical and Philosophical Roots to the Modern Face /
This book was the end product of life experiences, thoughts and intellectual wanderings of the author, who through his career and for the last twenty years was always serving all the three aspects of a Psychiatrist: He is a clinician, a researcher and an academic teacher. The book includes a compreh...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword by Afzal Javed WPA President
- Foreword by Norman Sartorius, former WPA President
- Prologue
- Guide to read this book
- The origins of Psychiatry
- Part A: The historical roots
- Introductory remarks to history
- Antiquity
- Middle ages
- Renaissance
- Early modern period
- The Enlightenment
- Nineteenth century: the romantic first half
- Nineteenth century: the realistic second half
- Twentieth century: the pre-psychopharmacologic era
- Twentieth century: the era of psychopharmacology
- Part B: The Philosophical and scientific roots
- Introductory remarks to the philosophical roots
- The concept and definition of mental illness
- Mental health
- Disability in mental disorders
- The mind-brain problem and the issue of Free Will
- Part C: The identity of modern psychiatry
- Introductory remarks to the identity of modern psychiatry
- The state of the art
- Psychiatry among the other medical specialties
- Psychiatry as a professional activity
- Psychiatry among human, life and social sciences, philosophy and religion
- Psychiatry and society
- Anti-Psychiatry
- Post-Psychiatry
- Conspiracy theories
- The future of Psychiatry.