Everyone's Everyday Guide to Practical Psychiatry

A basic resource guide for patients and
their families, Everyone's Everyday Guide to Practical
Psychiatry provides a behind-the-scenes look at the workings
of modern psychiatric practice. This one-volume guide by
author and psychiatrist W. Edison Houpt delivers, in
layman's terms, an overview of how doctors think, why they
make their medical decisions, and what those decisions might
mean. With more than ninety diagrams, charts, and tables,
Houpt answers a wide range of questions regarding mental
illness, psychotherapy, and treatment with drugs. He also
discusses major disorders such as depression, psychosis,
suicide, alcoholism, anxiety, and compulsion. Everyone's
Everyday Guide to Practical Psychiatry gives information to
help patients: Follow the progression of their treatment
Partner with the doctor in a more meaningful way
Participate in the decision-making process In this guide,
Houpt, helps clarify many of the misconceptions about the
psychiatry practice and provides insights to help patients
and their families understand mental illness and treatment.