In recent years, the impact of deindustrialization, technological advances, and escalating costs of care has brought about immense changes in Canadian psychiatric practice. In addition, Canada -- like most other countries -- faces the challenge of providing accessible, effective, humane, and cost-efficient health care in the midst of downsizing, restrictions, and cutbacks. Images in Psychiatry: Canada outlines the historical development of psychiatry in Canada; highlights various aspects of current psychiatric practice, both in general and in highly specialized areas; and traces research development foci of Canadian endeavor. The contributors, a group of nationally and internationally recognized practitioners, provide not only an overview of the current situation but also informed predictions concerning the future of Canadian psychiatry.
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American Psychiatric Association Publishing
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Höhe: 229 mm
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978-0-88048-900-3 (9780880489003)
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Quentin Rae-Grant, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.P.C., F.R.C.Psych., is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.
Introduction. Canada: images in psychiatry. History of psychiatry in Canada. Services. General hospital psychiatry. Child and adolescent psychiatry. Infant psychiatry. Developmental disabilities. Forensic psychiatry. Geriatric psychiatry. Consultation-liaison psychiatry. Rural psychiatry. Addiction psychiatry and management of substance-related disorders. Suicidology. Native issues. Women's issues in psychiatry: putting social context into psychiatric practice. Diagnostic classification. Cultural psychiatry. Prevention. Psychotherapies. Somatic treatments (electroconvulsive therapy). Community psychiatry. Legislative issues and their impact on psychiatry. Relationships between psychiatrists and other mental health care providers. Psychiatry's relationships with service and educational organizations. Financing of health care services. Bioethics research: contributions to and from psychiatry. Education. Academic departments of psychiatry. Undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing medical education. Research. Personality disorders. Mood disorders. Sleep and biological rhythms research and sleep medicine. Epidemiology. Schizophrenia. Eating disorders. Psychopharmacology. Dementia. Genetics. Imaging. Anxiety disorders. Child psychiatry. Funding in clinical trials. The future of Canadian psychiatry. Index.
