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Controversies and Dilemmas in Contemporary Psychiatry addresses the fundamental tensions that shape modern psychiatric practice and theory. This comprehensive examination explores the serious debates that define contemporary psychiatry, from questions about the existence of mental disorder to the purpose and efficacy of psychiatric therapy. Published by Routledge, the book tackles the reluctance within the psychiatric profession to openly discuss these controversies and examines how critics leverage these debates to challenge psychiatry's foundation. Kecmanovic undertakes a rigorous, science-based effort to resolve the field's most pressing dilemmas, offering readers a balanced perspective on contested issues that affect practitioners, patients, and policy makers alike. This work provides essential reading for psychiatrists, mental health professionals, academics, and anyone seeking to understand the intellectual landscape of contemporary psychiatric practice and its ongoing debates.

Key Features

Routledge publication addresses major controversies that define modern psychiatry and clinical practice.

Explores fundamental questions about mental disorder existence and the purpose of psychiatric therapy.

Examines the psychiatric profession's resistance to discussing controversies and their reputational concerns.

Provides science-based resolutions to dilemmas in contemporary psychiatry through rigorous analysis.

Offers perspectives on how critics use psychiatric controversies to challenge the field's legitimacy.

Serves as essential reading for psychiatrists, mental health professionals, and academic researchers.

Product Specifications
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Routledge
Format
hardcover
ASIN
141281460X
Category
Books > Subjects > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Medical & Healthcare Practitioners > Other Branches of Medicine > Psychiatry
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Amazon UK
Release Date
15 April 2011
Listed Since
28 May 2010

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