Publisher's Synopsis
This book is a collection of essays on the best practices of medicine with a focus on psychiatry.It addresses issues of ethics, state of the art, basic science, psychotropic medications, legal issues, market forces among other topics.It focuses on the of psychiatry in terms of diagnosis and treatment.It addresses the complexity of patient education and informed consent.It addresses the issue of do no harm in psychiatry and the competing interests of stakeholders in mental health serives.