There is growing recognition of the value dimension in psychiatric
practice, from the contributions of positive psychology, of
documenting the role of virtues in human flourishing and in the
medical practice. However, the place of virtues in psychiatric
treatment remains largely unexplored. How does a need for virtues
fit into the processes of diagnosis, formulation, and treatment?
What patient problems and factors should influence the therapist to
promote forgiveness, gratitude, humility, or accountability? What
is the relationship between the therapist's and the patient's
virtues? What is the relevance of religious or spiritual resources
to the formation of virtue? How does the cultivation of a
particular virtue relate to psychodynamic, behavioral, existential,
or spiritual approaches? What ethical questions does it raise, and
what are its implications for psychiatric education? The Virtues in
Psychiatric Practice explores the role of the virtues in promoting
human flourishing within the context of psychiatric practice.
Chapters uses case examples to consider the incentives of fostering
particular virtues; the place of this approach among psychodynamic,
behavioral, existential, or spiritual approaches; and the
relationship between the therapist's and the patient's values.
Virtues highlighted include forgiveness, gratitude, accountability,
self-transcendence, defiance, humility, compassion, love, and
practical wisdom. This discussion is organized according to four
basic capacities relevant to moral enhancement - self-control,
niceness, intelligence, and positivity - which correspond to the
four cardinal virtues according to Plato and Aquinas - temperance,
justice, prudence, and courage. Edited by psychiatrist and scholar
John R. Peteet and written for psychiatrists, psychologists, and
medical ethicists, this book will connect recent scientific
research on virtue with clinical practice. It therefore aims to
give readers a fuller appreciation of the importance of virtue in
the therapeutic encounter, a clearer understanding of clinical
indications for focusing on particular virtues, and enhanced
practical ways of promoting human growth.
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