{"product_id":"psychiatric-polarities-phillip-r-slavney-9781421419763","title":"Psychiatric Polarities: Methodology and Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this companion volume to their widely acclaimed \u003cem\u003ePerspectives of Psychiatry\u003c\/em\u003e, Phillip R. Slavney, M.D., and Paul R. McHugh, M.D., argue that the discontinuity of brain and mind is the source of much of psychiatry's discord, for it leads psychiatrists to think about their discipline in terms of polar opposites: conscious or unconscious; explanation or understanding; paternalism or autonomy. \u003cem\u003ePsychiatric Polarities\u003c\/em\u003e brings together the history of ideas and such clinical issues as suicide and bipolar disorder to identify, describe, and debate these and other polar oppositions that arise from psychiatry's inherent ambiguity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no single conceptual perspective that is sufficient for all of psychiatry's concerns, Slavney and McHugh observe, yet it is both possible and necessary to transcend the denominational conflicts that plague the field. In \u003cem\u003ePsychiatric Polarities, \u003c\/em\u003e their examination of these conflicts demonstrates how a methodological approach can help to resolve disagreements rooted in partisan commitments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phillip R. Slavney,Paul R. McH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421419769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421419763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Phillip R. Slavney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48444788539647,"sku":"9781421419763","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f63f98d-2ed1-4392-91c0-adc3cf55e372.jpg?v=1777214560","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/psychiatric-polarities-phillip-r-slavney-9781421419763","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}