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Cultural Issues in the Treatment of Anxiety

Posted By Kelly On Tuesday, May 3rd 2011   under:  Book review   Tags: , , , , , , , ,    
Friedman S, editor New York, London: The Guilford Press; 1997. 261 pp. with index ISBN 1-57230-237-2 Anxiety is a profound human experience. Anxiety disorders are universal in human societies, although the diagnostic patterns vary over time and from one place to another. This volume describes some culturally bound anxiety syndromes, but dwells on the diagnostic categories of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third (DSM-III), third ... Read More

The Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

Posted By Kelly On Tuesday, March 16th 2010   under:  Book review   Tags: , ,    
The Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: Clinician's Guide and Patient Treatment Manuals Gavin Andrews, Rocco Crino, Caroline Hunt, Lisa Lampe, Andrew Page, 423 pp, ISBN 0-521-46927-9, Cambridge University Press 1996 Writing for psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, Gavin Andrews and his co-authors claim that their book 'provides most of the information needed for the successful treatment of patients with anxiety disorders'. About three-quarters of the book is said to be unique in terms of ... Read More

Drug Use In Assisted Suicide And Euthanasia

Posted By Kelly On Saturday, March 13th 2010   under:  Book review   Tags: , ,    
Editors: Margaret P. Battin, Arthur G. Lipman Pharmaceutical Products Press, 10 Alice St, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580 USA 1996/360 pp Balanced discussion of a controversial topic Overall Rating Very good Strengths Balanced discussion of ethical, personal, legal, and pharmaceutical aspects of assisted suicide and euthanasia Audience All those (potentially) involved in decision making regarding assisted suicide and euthanasia It is generally assumed that death by assisted suicide or euthanasia is to be caused by lethal doses of drugs, not guns or ... Read More

Antidepressants – thirty years on

Posted By Kelly On Monday, February 1st 2010   under:  Book review   Tags:    
Brian Leonard and Paul Spenser, eds. Colchester: Portland Press, 1991, 516 pp ISBN 1-869868-74-9 The Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal College of General Practitioners launched a 5-year Defeat Depression Campaign on 30 January 1992. The first year of the campaign is intended to educate health professionals in the recognition and treatment of depression. This book, which is the proceedings of the Conference of the British Society for Psycho-Pharmacology held in Ireland in ... Read More

Treating mental illness in primary care

Posted By Kelly On Saturday, January 23rd 2010   under:  Book review   Tags: ,    
Managing Mental Health Problems. A Practical Guide for Primary Care Nick Kates, Marilyn Craven Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, 12 Bruce Park Ave, Toronto, ON M4P 2S3 1998/390 pp Strengths Practical, useful instruction Weaknesses Not comprehensive For a long time, managing mental health problems in primary care has been poorly understood and criticized by physicians not principally involved in primary care. I believe this misunderstanding stems in part from not having defined the skill set unique to family practice. Therefore, ... Read More

Psychiatric Primary Care

Posted By Kelly On Friday, January 22nd 2010   under:  Book review   Tags: , ,    
Linda Denise Oakley, Claudette Potter Mosby-Year Book, Inc, 11830 Westline Industrial Dr, St Louis, MO 63146 USA 1997/448 pp Strengths Assessment and DSM-IV diagnosis Weakness Specific pharmacologie treatment Audience Family physicians and allied mental health professionals The authors of this ambitious book state, "We have developed a book for primary care practitioners that presents everything from basic mental concepts and terms to clinical examples of psychiatric primary care." The book is divided into five parts that deal with basic concepts ... Read More

Recognizing depression in adolescents

Posted By Kelly On Thursday, January 21st 2010   under:  Book review   Tags: ,    
Helping Your Depressed Teenager. A Guide for Parents and Caregivers Gerald D. Oster, Sarah S. Montgomery John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd, 5353 Dundas St W, 4th Floor, Etobicoke, ON M9B 6H8 1995/184 pp Strengths Very informative, logical presentation, useful bibliography and resource list Weaknesses Support groups mostly in the United States Adolescents are not just "big children" or "little adults." They represent a separate stage in the transition from infancy to old age. The authors have written an ... Read More

Practical management in psychiatry

Posted By Kelly On Wednesday, January 20th 2010   under:  Book review   Tags: ,    
Psychological Problems in General Practice A.C. Markus; C. Murray Parkes; P. Tomson; M.Johnston Oxford University Press, 70 Wynford Dr, Don Mills, ON M3C IJ9 1989/406 pp The authors believe that psychiatry in general practice is a different specialty from psychiatry in hospitals. The authors suggest that a problem-oriented model is more appropriate to family practice. The authors also believe that psychoanalysis is a frame of reference that has outlived its usefulness and have introduced ... Read More

Research Methods in Psychiatry

Posted By Kelly On Thursday, December 31st 2009   under:  Book review      
Research Methods in Psychiatry: A beginner's guide Chris Freeman and Peter tyrer (eds) The Royal College of Psychiatrists, London 1989, 240 pages Not every doctor will become a dedicated researcher but an understanding of research principles and methods is essential for effective critical enquiry or performance review and thus for improved patient care. Like their psychiatrist colleagues, general practitioner trainees increasingly accept the link between individual research and better clinical practice. Chris Freeman and ... Read More

Anxiety and Stress Management

Posted By Kelly On Thursday, December 31st 2009   under:  Book review   Tags: , ,    
Trevor J Powell and Simon J Enright Routledge, Chapman and Hall, London 1989, 196 pages This useful book is the first in a series on strategies for mental health. Forthcoming titles will include Assertiveness training, Bereavement and loss and Rehabilitation and community care. If these volumes are of the same high standard as this book then they may, as the series title implies, have a positive effect on mental health. The contents of this ... Read More
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