| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 141 pages) |
| Contents |
The benefits of reading literature / Allan Beveridge -- Roles for literature in medical education / Martyn Evans -- Autobiographical narrative and psychiatry / Femi Oyebode -- Fictional narratives and psychiatry / Femi Oyebode -- Poetry and psychiatry / Femi Oyebode -- Letters and psychiatry : the case of Franz Kafka / Femi Oyebode -- Death and dying in literature / John Skelton -- Literary and biographical perspectives on substance use / Ed Day and Iain Smith -- Dementia and literature / Christopher A. Vassilas -- Portrayal of intellectual disability in fiction / Anupama Iyer -- Autism in fiction and autobiography / Gordon Bates |
| Summary |
Literaturecan clarify, examine and define emotions, behaviour and thoughts. Forpsychiatrists, literary texts can be valuable tools for furthering ourunderstanding of patients and their conditions. This book explores thefruitful relationships between the written word and central aspects ofpsychiatric practice. It includes newly commissioned chapters plusarticles originally published in the journal Advances in PsychiatricTreatment that have been reworked and updated. The contributors |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Psychiatry.
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| Genre/Form |
Literature.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Oyebode, Femi.
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| ISBN |
1904671608 (paperback) |
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1904671705 (electronic bk.) |
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9781904671602 (paperback) |
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9781904671701 (electronic bk.) |
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