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The book begins by covering the general and clinical challenges
that are unique to Muslims, drawing from an internationally,
ethnically, and intergenerationally diverse pool of experts. The
text covers not only how psychiatrists and other clinicians can
intervene successfully with patients, but how we as clinicians can
have a role in addressing other societally connected mental health
challenges arising from Islamophobia. The text addresses three
related but distinct areas of interest: Islamophobia as a
destructive force, Islam as a religion that is threatened by stigma
and misinformation, and the novel intersection of these forces with
the field of psychiatry. Islamophobia and Psychiatry is a vital
resource for all clinicians and clinicians in training who may
encounter patients struggling with these issues, including adult
and child psychiatrists, psychologists, primary care physicians,
counselors, social workers, and others.
By any metric, burnout is a pressing issue in medicine generally
and psychiatry specifically-particularly because of its potential
impacts on patient care. Combating Physician Burnout: A Guide for
Psychiatrists, the first book of its kind to focus on the field of
psychiatry, aims to educate psychiatrists about three key concepts:
stress, burnout, and physician impairment. Edited by recognized
experts on physician burnout, this volume features contributions
from domestic and international authorities in the field, including
academic and community psychiatrists, those involved in residency
and medical student education, and members of the American
Psychiatric Association Work Group on Psychiatrist Well-being and
Burnout. Five sections lay out the scope of the challenge and
outline potential interventions: * The introduction discusses the
history and social context of burnout, providing psychiatrists
struggling through burnout with important perspective.* The second
section, "The Continuum of Stress, Burnout, and Impairment"
explores the potential effects of burnout on clinical care and
examines depression and suicide among physicians.* Environmental
Factors Leading to Burnout" identifies contextual elements that
seem to contribute to burnout, including the electronic health
record and the challenge of balancing professional and personal
demands.* The fourth section of the book discusses a range of
systemic and individual interventions, included among them
organizational screening for burnout, peer review and support, and
mindfulness training and meditation.* The final section, "Ethics
and Burnout," tackles the moral challenge burnout poses to the
profession of psychiatry. Regardless of career stage, readers will
benefit from the unique psychiatric perspective on burnout-and the
practical advice on combating its effects-offered by this guide.
This book aims to help readers appreciate the many-faceted
relationship between Christianity, one of the world's major faith
traditions, and the practice of psychiatry. Chapter authors in this
book first consider challenges posed by historical antagonisms,
church-based mental health stigma, and controversy over phenomena
such as hearing voices. Next, others explore both how Christians
often experience conditions such as mood and psychotic disorders,
disorders in children and adolescents, moral injury and PTSD, and
ways that their faith can serve as a resource in their healing.
Twelve Step spirituality, originally informed by Christianity, is
the subject of a chapter, as are issues raised for Christians by
disability, death and dying. A set of chapters then focuses on the
state of integration of Christian beliefs and practices into
psychotherapy, treatment delivery, educational programming,
clergy/clinician collaboration, and treatment by a non-Christian
psychiatrist. Finally, there are chapters by a mental health
professional who has been a patient, a Jewish psychiatrist, a
Muslim psychiatrist knowledgeable about Christianity and psychiatry
in the Muslim majority world, and a Christian psychiatrist. These
chapters provide context, diversity and personal perspectives.
Christianity and Psychiatry is a valuable resource for mental
health professionals seeking to understand and address the
particular challenges that arise when caring for Christian
patients.
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