A lawyer's guide to understanding psychiatry
John S. Carbone.
- Chicago American Bar Association, General practice, Solo & Small Firm Division c2012.
- viii, 255 p. 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-237) and index.
Introduction -- Whirlwind historical observations on Western psychiatry, or how we came to have the diagnostic and statistical manual -- Pursuing the diagnosis -- The neuroses and the psychoses -- The personality disorders -- Psychotropic medications and other treatment options -- Things are not necessarily as they appear -- The divination of future dangerousness -- Summary.
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