Outpatient Psychiatry - A Beginner's Guide

This brief primer provides knowledge that will reduce therapists' initial anxiety and heighten their competence in working with outpatients; it covers psychotherapeutic techniques, uses of psychotropic medication, and pertinent issues from the expanding field of therapy research, and includes advice about what to do and what not to do.

About the author

Thomas E. Steele, M.D., is professor of psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.

Summary

An introduction for residents and new psychiatrists who work with patients.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas E Steele, Thomas E. Steele
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2007
• EAN: 9780393705430
• ISBN: 978-0-393-70543-0
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 304 g
• Series: Norton Professional Books (Pap; Norton Professional Books (Pap
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works