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Mindreadings: Literature and Psychiatry
Femi Oyebode
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Description for Mindreadings: Literature and Psychiatry
paperback. What can psychiatry learn from literature? Literature can clarify, examine and define emotions, behaviour and thoughts. For psychiatrists, literary texts can be valuable tools for furthering our understanding of patients and their conditions. This book explores the relationships between the written word and central aspects of psychiatric practice. Editor(s): Oyebode, Femi. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 278.
What can psychiatry learn from literature? For psychiatrists, literary texts can be valuable tools for furthering our understanding of patients and their conditions. This book explores the fruitful relationships between the written word and central aspects of psychiatric practice. It includes newly commissioned chapters plus articles originally published in the journal Advances in Psychiatric Treatment that have been reworked and updated. The contributors examine such topics as: why doctors should read fiction and the place of literature in medical education; the varied genres of autobiography, fiction, poetry and letters; and a range of topics, including addictions, ageing and dementia, intellectual ... Read more
What can psychiatry learn from literature? For psychiatrists, literary texts can be valuable tools for furthering our understanding of patients and their conditions. This book explores the fruitful relationships between the written word and central aspects of psychiatric practice. It includes newly commissioned chapters plus articles originally published in the journal Advances in Psychiatric Treatment that have been reworked and updated. The contributors examine such topics as: why doctors should read fiction and the place of literature in medical education; the varied genres of autobiography, fiction, poetry and letters; and a range of topics, including addictions, ageing and dementia, intellectual ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
RCPsych Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
278g
Number of Pages
142
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904671602
SKU
V9781904671602
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Ref
99-40
About Femi Oyebode
About the Editor: Femi Oyebode is Professor and Head of Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham. He has published widely on the relationship between literature and psychiatry. His research interests include descriptive psychopathology and delusional misidentification syndromes. He is also a poet and literary critic.
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