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Smith, Dena T.,

Medicine over mind : mental health practice in the biomedical era / Dena T. Smith. - 1 online resource (vii, 215 pages) - Critical issues in health and medicine . - Critical issues in health and medicine. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From meaning-making to medicalization -- Practitioner portraits and pathways to practice -- The promise of 'imperfect communication' and the 'prison' of rigid categorization : the DSM in practice -- Etiological considerations and the tools of the trade : the role of medication and talk therapy in practice -- The consequences of the biomedical model for practice and practitioners : psychodynamic therapy in a biomedical world -- Conclusion : the dangling conversation : ambiguity in mental health practice.

ISBN: 9780813598703 0813598702

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Psychiatry.
Psychoanalysis--Methodology.
Psychotropic drugs.
Mental illness--Treatment.
Psychiatry--trends
Psychoanalytic Therapy--methods
Psychotropic Drugs
Mental Disorders--therapy
Psychanalyse--Méthodologie.
Psychotropes.
Maladies mentales--Traitement.
Psychiatry.
Psychoanalysis--Methodology.
Psychotropic drugs.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RC454 / .S65 2019eb

Dewey Class. No.: 616.89

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WM 100