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Person Centered Psychiatry
. Ed(S): Mezzich, Juan E.; Botbol, Michel; Christodoulou, George N.; Cloninger, C. Robert; Salloum, Ihsan M.
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Editor(s): Mezzich, Juan E.; Botbol, Michel; Christodoulou, George N.; Cloninger, C. Robert; Salloum, Ihsan M. Num Pages: 569 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MJA; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1024.
This book presents an authoritative overview of the emerging field of person-centered psychiatry. This perspective, articulating science and humanism, arose within the World Psychiatric Association and aims to shift the focus of psychiatry from organ and disease to the whole person within their individual context. It is part of a broader person-centered perspective in medicine that is being advanced by the International College of Person-Centered Medicine through the annual Geneva Conferences held since 2008 in collaboration with the World Medical Association, the World Health Organization, the International Council of Nurses, the International Federation of Social Workers, and the International Alliance ... Read moreof Patients’ Organizations, among 30 other international health institutions.
In this book, experts in the field cover all aspects of person-centered psychiatry, the conceptual keystones of which include ethical commitment; a holistic approach; a relationship focus; cultural sensitivity; individualized care; establishment of common ground among clinicians, patients, and families for joint diagnostic understanding and shared clinical decision-making; people-centered organization of services; and person-centered health education and research.
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Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
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Cham, Switzerland
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About . Ed(S): Mezzich, Juan E.; Botbol, Michel; Christodoulou, George N.; Cloninger, C. Robert; Salloum, Ihsan M.
Juan E. Mezzich MD PhDEditor in Chief, International Journal of Person Centered Medicine; Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA George N Christodoulou MD PhDHonorary Fellow, World Psychiatric Association; Former President, World Federation for Mental Health; Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece Michel Botbol MD, Board Director, International College of Person Centered Medicine; Chair, World ... Read morePsychiatric Association Section on Psychoanalysis in Psychiatry; Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Western Brittany, Brest, France Kevin M. Cloninger PhDPresident, Anthropedia Foundation, Ihsan M. Salloum MD MPHBoard Director, International College of Person Centered Medicine; Chair, Section on Classification, Diagnostic Assessment and Nomenclature, World Psychiatric Association; Professor of Psychiatry, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA Show Less
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“Person Centered Psychiatry should prove to be an unavoidable reference for future study of person centered psychiatry and a milestone in development of the whole field, this book can also be used as a great introduction into the field of person centered medicine for all of those seeking a holistic psychiatric perspective with an emphasis on ethical, cultural and relationship ... Read moreissues.” (Vjekoslav Peitl, Alcoholism and Psychiatry Research, Vol. 53 (1), 2017) Show Less