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The Mind Has Mountains: Reflections on Society and Psychiatry
Paul R. McHugh
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Description for The Mind Has Mountains: Reflections on Society and Psychiatry
Hardback. America's leading psychiatrist may inspire you or offend you, but he will certainly make you think. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
From strenuous opposition to physician-assisted suicide to a conviction that sex-correction surgery for newborns is cruel and misguided, Dr. Paul R. McHugh's opinions are strong and often controversial. In this collection of essays, McHugh demonstrates why he is one of the most thought-provoking figures in the academic world. These pieces argue for a realistic appraisal of just what psychiatrists know and how they know it, with the aim of indicating how such knowledge can best be used not only for better patient care but also to reflect on and influence public issues and social movements. His essays will stimulate professional and popular discussion about the goals and effectiveness of current psychiatric practice. McHugh sorts through the layers of what he terms the "culturally driven misdirection of psychiatry and psychotherapy" to explain concepts often misunderstood by nonscholars and the intellectual community alike. America's leading psychiatrist may inspire you or offend you, but he will certainly make you think.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801882494
SKU
V9780801882494
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About Paul R. McHugh
Paul R. McHugh, M.D., is the Henry Phipps Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus, the former director of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the coauthor of The Perspectives of Psychiatry, also available from Johns Hopkins. He was selected by President George W. Bush to sit on the Presidential Council on Bioethics and by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to be on their National Review Board for the elimination of the sexual abuse of children by clergy.
Reviews for The Mind Has Mountains: Reflections on Society and Psychiatry
Wise words from a wise man.
Naomi Schaefer Riley Wall Street Journal 2006 McHugh writes clearly in a straightforward manner that laymen will find gratifying... thought provoking and entertaining.
John Lewis Baltimore Magazine 2006 Paul McHugh... enjoys a little bit of controversy. He likes to poke and prod at some of the shibboleths... of psychiatry... You may not agree, but he should make you think.
Mark Welch, Ph.D. Metapsychology 2006 Elegantly clear, concise, jargon-free. Hopkins Medicine 2006 This is a refreshing book... both in its moral stance and in the solid common sense of its philosophy.
Richard W. Hudgens PsycCRITIQUES 2006 McHugh writes with a wit and elegance almost extinct in his professional neighborhood.
Kay S. Hymowitz Commentary 2006 It is impossible to read these essays and not feel challenged to position onself on the issue under discussion. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2006 Well-written, sometimes elegant.
Eric J. Cassell, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine 2006 [McHugh] examines with wit, common sense, and humanity several trends in modern psychiatry. Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives 2007 A well-written and thought-provoking volume of essays that gives mental health professionals and interested lay readers one view into topics that have been prominent at the interface between psychiatry and society for the past two decades.
Mary E. Barber Psychiatric Services 2006
Naomi Schaefer Riley Wall Street Journal 2006 McHugh writes clearly in a straightforward manner that laymen will find gratifying... thought provoking and entertaining.
John Lewis Baltimore Magazine 2006 Paul McHugh... enjoys a little bit of controversy. He likes to poke and prod at some of the shibboleths... of psychiatry... You may not agree, but he should make you think.
Mark Welch, Ph.D. Metapsychology 2006 Elegantly clear, concise, jargon-free. Hopkins Medicine 2006 This is a refreshing book... both in its moral stance and in the solid common sense of its philosophy.
Richard W. Hudgens PsycCRITIQUES 2006 McHugh writes with a wit and elegance almost extinct in his professional neighborhood.
Kay S. Hymowitz Commentary 2006 It is impossible to read these essays and not feel challenged to position onself on the issue under discussion. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2006 Well-written, sometimes elegant.
Eric J. Cassell, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine 2006 [McHugh] examines with wit, common sense, and humanity several trends in modern psychiatry. Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives 2007 A well-written and thought-provoking volume of essays that gives mental health professionals and interested lay readers one view into topics that have been prominent at the interface between psychiatry and society for the past two decades.
Mary E. Barber Psychiatric Services 2006