Sami Timimi

Pathological Child Psychiatry and the Medicalization of Childhood

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Currently, it is common practice among the child psychiatric establishment to prescribe powerful and potentially addictive drugs to children who have emotional or behavioral problems. "Pathological Child Psychiatry and the Medicalization of Childhood" is a strong challenge to this way of thinking. Sami Timimi uses a wide variety of sources that shape our understanding of childhood problems and how to deal with them, including his personal experiences, to highlight the role of culture, beliefs, science, social hierarchy and power. He urges professionals who work with children to question their assumptions in a manner that will enable them to access a greater variety of potentially helpful therapeutic frameworks. "Pathological Psychiatry and the Medicalization of Childhood" will be of great interest to professionals and trainees in psychiatry and child psychiatry, social work, family therapy and other psychotherapies for children and adolescents.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9781583912164
• ISBN-10: 1583912169
• Artikelnr.: 21123483

Autorenporträt

Sami Timimi is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist who works full time in the NHS in Lincolnshire.

Inhaltsangabe

On Becoming a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist - A Personal Account. The
Postmodern Landscape and Children's Mental Health. Science and Faith in
Mental Health. Reversing the Form/Content Argument. Mental Health Power
Hierarchies. Developing Multi-Perspective Approaches. The Case of Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Changing My Practice - Incorporating
Cultural Diversity and a Postmodern Perspective. The Future of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry.