{"product_id":"psychiatry-and-human-nature-classic-and-romantic-perspectives-paperback-softback-9781009212533","title":"Psychiatry and Human Nature; Classic and Romantic Perspectives (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009212533","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePsychiatry and Human Nature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eClassic and Romantic Perspectives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis accessible book approaches the question 'what is human nature?' through a psychiatric and philosophical lens.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGareth S. Owen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009212533, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 May 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e209 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 15.5 x 1.1 cm, 0.33 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Owen's triadic relationship between human nature, mental disorder and freedom offers a balanced framework for maintaining this focus, avoiding both reductionism and romanticisation. In doing so, the book reminds us that psychiatry's distinctive task lies not simply in diagnosis or intervention but in attentive engagement with the experience of people with mental disorder as free human beings. This timely volume makes a persuasive case for placing this complex freedom back at the heart of psychiatric thought and practice.' Brendan D. Kelly, The British Journal of Psychiatry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePsychiatry is medicine's most multi-disciplinary specialty and arguably its most intellectually and emotionally demanding. It has long attracted dual interpretations from cool, detached perspectives valuing objectivity (classic) to hotter, embodied and more political perspectives valuing subjectivity (romantic). Professor Owen argues that psychiatry should become more aware of classic and romantic threads that run through it. He approaches core topics in psychiatry and throughout the book both research and case material are used to animate the concepts. The author relates psychiatry to questions in philosophical anthropology and ethics. He presents human nature, mental disorder, and human freedom as inherently inter-related. This is a book of broad appeal to anyone interested in psychiatry and why this branch of medicine has ethical, legal and political significance.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Toward Psychiatric Formulation: 1. 'Classic' and 'Romantic' in psychiatry\u003cbr\u003e 2. What is Phenomenology?\u003cbr\u003e 3. Applying Phenomenology\u003cbr\u003e 4. Why Classify in Psychiatry? – 'Meddling Intellect'\u003cbr\u003e 5 . Taming the Classification Mindset\u003cbr\u003e 6. Understanding and Explaining in the Psychiatric assessment – Two Worlds\u003cbr\u003e 7. Case Formulation – Holism in Psychiatry\u003cbr\u003e PART II. Psychiatry and Ethics: 8. Suicide – Social Entanglement\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mental Capacity: Mental disorder\/disability and Freedom\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mental Capacity: Imagining the Future\u003cbr\u003e 11. Treatment with and without Mutuality – Care Relationships\u003cbr\u003e 12. Psychiatry and Human Nature.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Clinical psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Clinical psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Clinical%20psychology%20%5BMMJ%5D%22\"\u003eMMJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52453563564312,"sku":"9781009212533","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009212533i.jpg?v=1785286640","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/psychiatry-and-human-nature-classic-and-romantic-perspectives-paperback-softback-9781009212533","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}