This book has been written by psychiatrist Dr. George Mecouch. The publishers say:
“Where has the imagination gone in current psychiatric practice? While Psychiatry Slept dares to ask this question. It challenges psychiatry’s literalistic theories and demonstrates how the imagination is always revealing itself through nighttime dreams, physical symptoms, hallucinations, delusions, and synchronicity. Using material from actual patient cases over his thirty-five years as a psychiatrist, the author weaves a collection of fictional stories showcasing the vibrant realm of the imaginal–that region between mind and body–returning psychotherapy to its original meaning: “therapy of the soul.”
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- Acceptability and optimisation of resources to support antidepressant cessation: A qualitative think-aloud study with patients
- Scientific supremacy as an obstacle to establishing and sustaining interdisciplinary dialogue across knowledge paradigms in health care and medicine