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Zusatztext " 'Psych ER', an easily readable, slim volume, emphasizes the narrative perspective of the life story of the individual. The power of the stories that emerge grip the reader and make it a valuable addition to our literature. The cases that are discussed come alive through such storytelling and offer many useful clinical pearls through these extended vignettes." — Psychiatric Times Informationen zum Autor Rene J. Muller has evaluated over 3,000 psychiatric patients in the emergency room and recounted the stories told to him there in numerous articles for Psychiatric Times, the most widely read psychiatric publication in North America. He is also the author of Doing Psychiatry Wrong: A Critical and Prescriptive Look at a Faltering Profession (Analytic Press, 2007). Klappentext Drawing on the experience of evaluating over 2000 emergency room patients, Rene Muller explores the important role of psychiatry in emergency room medicine. In a series of brief essays, many of which initially appeared in Psychiatric Times , Zusammenfassung Drawing on the experience of evaluating over 2000 emergency room patients, Rene Muller explores the important role of psychiatry in emergency room medicine. In a series of brief essays, many of which initially appeared in Psychiatric Times, Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Straightforward Stories. Depression: The World Pushing Down. Panic: The World Coming Apart. Borderline Personality: A Brittle World, A Labile Mood. Multiple Personality: Taking on the World with More Than One Identity. Alcohol: Chemically Altering One's World by Mouth. Drugs: Chemically Altering One'sWorld by Nose and Vein. Bipolar Depression: The World Too Low Down. Bipolar Mania: The World Too High Up. Schizophrenia: Being Unable to Share the World with Others. Alzheimer's Dementia: The World Dissolves as the Glue of Memory Cracks. Part II: Complex Stories. Panic Disorder Fed by Emotional Dependence. Histrionics Mistaken for Schizophrenia. Part III: Veiled and Bizarre Stories. Malingerers and Manipulators. The "Dump." The "Stumble." Murder and Mayhem, Maybe. Part IV: Stories with a Medical Component. Why Is This Schizophrenic Patient Hearing Voices? How a Stomachache Turned a Head. A Serious Overdose, But of What? A Closed Head Injury Leads to Paranoid Psychosis. A Patient Who Risked Death Trying to Drown His Hiccups. Delirium Missed as the Reason for Psychotic Symptoms. Part V: How Patient's Stories Lead to a Psychiatric Diagnosis. The Narrative in Psychiatric Diagnosis: It's the Story, Stupid! Alexithymia: When There Is No Story To Tell. Renegotiating the "Contract for Safety." Jean-Paul Sartre in the ER. ...
