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Description - A Century of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Group Analysis by Ronald Sandison

This text argues for the integration of medical and psychoanalytical model of the workings of the mind, and applies and integrated approach to general psychiatric practice and psychotherapy. The author looks at the seminal ideas of key figures such as Freud, Jung, and Foulkes and shows how they have transformed the way people perceive themselves and society. He draws on his experience of over 50 years of psychiatric practice, which include 20years' work in the former mental hospitals. He interweaves and enriches his account with personal experiences and with his dreams. This biographical material extends his concept of searching for an finding a unifying principle, not only for psychiatry, but also for himself. The author challenges the exclusive use of the medical model in psychiatry, arguing that psychoanalysis and its derivatives are the most effective treatments in psychiatry, as they take into account the inner life of the client. He shows how the prescription of clinical drugs to alleviate mental symptoms can present a barrier to the therapeutic relationship.
This book brings together the key ideas in psychotherapy in the last century: it gives an essential overview that would enable practitioners and theoreticians to gain a deeper understanding of their own work and its significance within the development of this significant field.

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