[PDF] Memoir Of A Psychiatrist eBook

Author : Irvin D. Yalom
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 40,71 MB
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0465098908

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Bestselling writer and psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom puts himself on the couch in a lapidary memoir Irvin D. Yalom has made a career of investigating the lives of others. In this profound memoir, he turns his writing and his therapeutic eye on himself. He opens his story with a nightmare: He is twelve, and is riding his bike past the home of an acne-scarred girl. Like every morning, he calls out, hoping to befriend her, "Hello Measles!" But in his dream, the girl's father makes Yalom understand that his daily greeting had hurt her. For Yalom, this was the birth of empathy; he would not forget the lesson. As Becoming Myself unfolds, we see the birth of the insightful thinker whose books have been a beacon to so many. This is not simply a man's life story, Yalom's reflections on his life and development are an invitation for us to reflect on the origins of our own selves and the meanings of our lives.

Author : Linda Gask
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 19,33 MB
Release : 2015-09-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1783726474

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Having spent her life trying to patch up the souls of others, psychiatrist Linda Gask eventually learnt to focus on her own depression and take care of herself, too. Artfully crafted and told with warmth and honesty, this is the story of Linda’s journey, interwoven with insights into her patients’ diverse experiences of depression.

Author : Adam Stern
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0358434734

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Grey's Anatomy meets One L in this psychiatrist's funny and moving memoir about his residency at Harvard Medical School.

Author : Michael F Myers, MD
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 37,37 MB
Release : 2020-09-07
Category :
ISBN :

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Becoming a Doctors' Doctor is author and psychiatrist Michael F. Myers' revelation of the fascinating and sometimes tragic encounters with doctors as patients. Physicians are expected to be resilient and to carry the burdens of others. But all too often, the on-the-job stresses can result in mental illness. Beginning with his roommate's suicide in the first year of medical school, Myers found himself craving to learn more about physicians and their vulnerabilities. In this memoir of his thirty-five year career, Myers shares vignettes of treating doctors for depression, alcoholism, burnout, and more. He reveals the stigma physicians face when asking for help and the struggles they endure while keeping others healthy and safe. A psychiatrist with a passion for helping physicians, Myers highlights the importance of mental health treatment for doctors and the social and emotional costs of serving the community. Beautifully written, Becoming a Doctors' Doctor heralds the many patients to whom he has devoted his practice and career.

Author : Ajita Chakraborty
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 28,23 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Mental health
ISBN : 9788185604923

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At The Age Of 12 Or 13, Ajita Chakraborty Read Moner Khela [The Games The Mind Plays] By Bijoylal Chattopadhyay, Who Interpreted The Characters Of Many Fictional Characters Through Psychoanalysis, Resulting In A Lifelong Fascination And Commitment To Psychiatry. As The First Woman Psychiatrist In India, Aged 82, Chakraborty Looks Back At Her Life And A Work, Talking Frankly About Herself, Her Unconventional Family And Broken Home, The 'Confusions' Of Her Childhood That Propelled Her To Becoming A Psychiatrist. Qualified As A Doctor, She Sailed To England In 1952, To Further Her Medical Education, Training As A Psychiatrist At The Well-Known Maudsley Hospital And The Institute Of Psychiatry In London, Working In British Mental Hospitals For Almost Ten Years, And Also Obtaining Qualifications Such As Dpm And Mrcp. She Returned To India In 1960, Where Modern Psychiatry Was Still A Fledgling, Considered As Subordinate To 'Neurology'. As The First Woman In The Field She Faced Considerable Hostility And Opposition, And Saw Her Dreams Of Setting Up An Advanced Department Of Psychiatry And Elevating Its Then Lowly Status Fail. Indeed The Book Throws Considerable Light On The Sociology On Medicine And Discusses Why Chakraborty And Her Friends Who Had Returned With Medical Qualifications Gained Abroad Were Thwarted In Their Attempts To Set Up A Modern Public Health System (Which Exists In A Haphazard Way Today]. Of Considerable Interest Is Chakraborty'S Discussion On Why Psychiatry Taught In The West Cannot Be Applied Directly In Another Culture, Emphasising The Need And Significance Of Transcultural Psychology In A Very Complex Society Like India. The Second Part Of The Book Offers A Selection From Her Essays, Published In Various Distinguished Journals, Which Are Indeed An Essential Part Of The Memoir As They Illustrate In 'Theoretical And Concrete Terms What Is Dealt With Anecdotally And Personally In The Memoir'.

Author : Barry B. Perlman
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 17,86 MB
Release : 2021-04-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781098354602

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In Rearview: A Psychiatrist Reflects on Practice and Advocacy in a Time of Healthcare System Change Dr. Barry B. Perlman, a graduate of Yale Medical School, offers an overview of his career in medicine. From his first inklings of interest in mental health tied to his grandmother's bouts of severe depression and his mother's volunteer work with persons discharged from psychiatric hospitals, to his summer jobs in hospitals, through to closing his practice and retirement, Perlman recounts the entire arc of his psychiatric and medical career. Through recalled anecdotes Perlman brings readers along by writing about experiences from medical school and his psychiatric residency. He describes his first professional experiences with dying, his cadaver, and clinical rotations such as neurosurgery and psychiatry. He experienced the English National Health Service when taking his OB/GYN clerkship in London. Readers will be introduced to several of his dedicated professors and their eccentricities. Other chapters introduce topics central to the practice of psychiatry. They include consideration of suicide, violence, poverty, and electroconvulsive therapy. One chapter is revealingly illustrated with art done by patients and ponders the question of what makes art, art. Many of the chapters include interesting case presentations. Dr. Perlman, an activist psychiatrist, served as president of the New York State Psychiatric Association. He was appointed by NYS Governor George Pataki as chair of the NYS Mental Health services Council and to the State Hospital Review and Planning Council. Based in participation, he describes the process and tensions involved in shaping public policy. Readers of Rearview will be taken on a tour of the multidimensional life of an activist psychiatrist whose professional life encompassed provision of direct clinical care, running a psychiatric department under challenging circumstances, and trying to improve the lives of persons serious mental illness.

Author : Ahmed EL Toumi
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 42,22 MB
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1463416369

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This memoir is the story of my life, which, as a practicing physician, covered several thousand miles in travel and living among people different from each other, and regions in the same country different from each other. The anthropology and medical experiences were different from one place to another.

Author : Ramesh C. Shah MD
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 33,96 MB
Release : 2020-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1796095664

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The coming of age happened fast for a young Dr. Shah when he was sent away to a tough British military-style boarding school in the Nilgiris Mountains of India. Dr. Shah narrates a cultural and inspirational memoir of a child maturing into a man, then father, determined to succeed despite his obstacles. With a love for history and nature, he paints his story through a lens of the landscapes he journeys. He takes you from India, to Wales and Scotland, and finally to America, where he achieves his psychiatry degree and settles with his family in beautiful West Virginia. Dr. Shah's passion for service and medicine is witnessed as he shares unique experiences of treating patients with tropical illnesses in India to psychiatric cases with children, coal miners, veterans and prisoners in the US. While sharing glimpses into patient lives, he does not shy away from his own struggles with anxiety, personal failures, cultural adjustments, and parental concerns of raising two daughters in the values of a western world. His memoir beautifully balances the challenges and joys of his life by weaving in stories of family, friendships, adventures and his now retired life in Florida. Along with a sprinkle of poetry and pictures, Dr. Shah passes on a written legacy of humanity and life lessons that portrays both heart and strength...a book not to be missed!

Author : Susan Rako
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 10,35 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Women psychiatrists
ISBN :

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Here is an engaging, lyrically wrought memoir whose stories of self, family, friends, patients, and colleagues celebrate the magic and mystery of life and bear inspirational witness to the power of discovering and embracing one's truth.