| Description |
1 online resource (175 pages). |
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Short introductions to the therapy professions |
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Short introductions to the therapy professions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Psychiatry: Historical Context of a Profession; Chapter 2 -- The Culture of Psychiatry; Chapter 3 -- Experiencing Psychiatry; Chapter 4 -- The Scope and Limits of Psychiatry; Chapter 5 -- The Future; Appendicies; Ammendix 1: Information on Psychiatry as a Career (Reprinted with Permission from the Royal College of Psychiatrists Website: www.rcpsych.ac.uk); Appendix 2: Glossary of Some Terms Used in the Text; References; Index. |
| Summary |
A Short Introduction to Psychiatry is designed to give readers a clear picture of the profession as it is today and an understanding of the subject from which to develop further study. Linda Gask describes the development of the profession, the route to qualification and the scope of contemporary practice, including the work done by psychiatrists in a range of specialisms - from child psychiatry to addiction services and forensic psychiatry. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Psychiatry.
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Medicine and psychology.
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Psychiatry.
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Career Choice.
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MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
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MEDICAL -- Mental Health.
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Medicine and psychology. (OCoLC)fst01015154
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Psychiatry. (OCoLC)fst01081152
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gask, Linda. Short introduction to psychiatry. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2004 (DLC) 2004102657 |
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Online version: Gask, Linda. Short introduction to psychiatry. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2004 (OCoLC)755235563 |
| ISBN |
9781412932103 (electronic bk.) |
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1412932106 (electronic bk.) |
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9781446220856 (electronic bk.) |
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1446220850 (electronic bk.) |
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