Shrink Rap: Three Psychiatrists Explain Their Work

Shrink Rap: Three Psychiatrists Explain Their Work

Shrink Rap: Three Psychiatrists Explain Their Work

Shrink Rap: Three Psychiatrists Explain Their Work

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Overview

“One of the most useful books I’ve read about mental illnesses . . . It demystifies our complicated medical and legal system.” —Pete Earley, New York Times-bestselling author of Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness

Finally, a book that explains everything you ever wanted to know about psychiatry!

In Shrink Rap, three psychiatrists from different specialties provide frank answers to questions such as:

• What is psychotherapy, how does it work, and why don’t all psychiatrists do it?

• When are medications helpful?

• What happens on a psychiatric unit?

• Can Prozac make people suicidal?

• Why do many doctors not like Xanax?

• Why do we have an insanity defense?

• Why do people confess to crimes they didn’t commit?

Based on the authors’ hugely popular blog and podcast series, this book is for patients and everyone else who is curious about how psychiatrists work. Using compelling patient vignettes, Shrink Rap explains how psychiatrists think about and address the problems they encounter, from the mundane (how much to charge) to the controversial (involuntary hospitalization). The authors face the field’s shortcomings head-on, revealing what other doctors may not admit about practicing psychiatry.

Candid and humorous, Shrink Rap gives a closeup view of psychiatry, peering into technology, treatments, and the business of the field. If you’ve ever wondered how psychiatry really works, let the Shrink Rappers explain.

“A fascinating peek into the minds of those who study minds.” —The Washington Post

“Most of us easily understand how to treat a broken arm, but a fractured psyche? That’s an entirely different matter. Or is it? This clear-headed presentation of psychiatric services and methods covers a lot of ground and achieves a conversational tone that’s both educational and entertaining.” —Baltimore Magazine

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781421400747
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 05/04/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 268
Sales rank: 793,995
File size: 2 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Dinah Miller, M.D., a psychiatrist and writer, is in private practice and is a consulting psychiatrist for the Johns Hopkins Hospital Community Psychiatry Program. Annette Hanson, M.D., is a forensic psychiatrist with appointments at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Steven Roy Daviss, M.D., also on the faculty at the University of Maryland, is a hospital-based psychiatrist and medical informatician and is chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. All three created Shrink Rap, a blog by psychiatrists for psychiatrists, and My Three Shrinks, a podcast series about psychiatry.

Table of Contents

Introduction
A Note about Our "Patients" and Our "Doctors"
1. Melissa and Oscar: Getting Help
2. Josh: A Walk through the System
3. The Brandt Famil: Why People Seek Care
4. Tara: Let's Talk
5. Josh Revisited: "Ask Your Doctor to Prescribe"
6. Becca: When Things Go Wrong
7. Eddie: A Child at Risk
8. Eddie: The Prison Patient
9. Mitchell: Hospital-based Psychiatry
10. Sharon: The Business of Psychiatry
11. Things We Argue About
12. The Future of Psychiatry
Acknowledgments
Sources and Suggested Reading
About the Author's
Index

What People are Saying About This

Keith Ablow

In the too-often confusing and fractured world of mental health services, Shrink Rap is a ready resource for patients and their families looking for more insight into the range of services available and how they are delivered.

Keith Ablow, M.D., psychiatrist, Fox News contributor, and coauthor of The 7: Seven Wonders to Change Your Life

Pete Earley

One of the most useful books I’ve read about mental illnesses—and as the father of a son with a severe mental disorder, I’ve read just about all of them. It demystifies our complicated medical and legal system, explaining everything from 'chemical imbalances' to involuntary commitment procedures to the most recent advances in brain mapping. If you have a mental disorder, love someone who has one, or are a doctor, therapist, social worker, lawyer, judge, or criminal justice professional, you need to read this book.

Pete Earley, New York Times bestselling author of CRAZY: A Father’s Search through America’s Mental Health Madness

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