Medicine over mind : mental health practice in the biomedical era /

Smith, Dena T.,

Medicine over mind : mental health practice in the biomedical era / Dena T. Smith. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (vii, 215 pages) - Critical issues in health and medicine .

Includes bibliographies and index.

From meaning-making to medicalization -- Practitioner portraits and pathways to practice -- The promise of 'imperfect communication' and the 'prison' of rigid categorization : the DSM in practice -- Etiological considerations and the tools of the trade : the role of medication and talk therapy in practice -- The consequences of the biomedical model for practice and practitioners : psychodynamic therapy in a biomedical world -- Conclusion : the dangling conversation : ambiguity in mental health practice.



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Psychiatry.
Psychoanalysis--Methodology.
Psychotropic drugs.
Mental illness--Treatment.
Psychiatry--trends
Psychoanalytic Therapy--methods
Psychotropic Drugs
Mental Disorders--therapy


Electronic Books.

RC454 / .M435 2019