1st Edition
The Modern Psychiatrist’s Guide to Contemporary Practice Discussion, Dissent, and Debate in Mental Health Care
Introduction
1. Why Does Psychiatry Exist?
2. The History of Psychiatry
3. Diagnosing Mental Illness
4. Treating Symptoms and Disorders
5. Treatment Without Consent
6. Neuroscience and Psychiatry
7. Psychiatry, Culture, and Society
8. Self-Harm and Suicide
9. Global Injustice in Mental Health Care
10. The Future of Psychiatry: Person-Centred Care and System-Level Change
11. Epilogue
Biography
Brendan Kelly is Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital, and Visiting Full Professor at University College Dublin. In addition to his medical degree (MB BCh BAO), he holds master's degrees in epidemiology (MSc), healthcare management (MA), Buddhist studies (MA), and mindfulness-based interventions (MSc); doctorates in medicine (MD), history (PhD), governance (DGov) and law (PhD); and a higher doctorate in history (DLitt). He has authored and co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications and 600 non-peer-reviewed publications.
