How Can I Help? A Week in My Life as a Psychiatrist

A humane behind the scenes account of a week in the life of a psychiatrist at one of Canada s leading mental health hospitals How Can I Helptakes us to the frontlines of modern psychiatric care How Can I Helpportrays a week in the life of Dr David Goldbloom as he treats patients, communicates with families, and trains staff at CAMH, the largest psychiatric facility in Canada This highly readable and touching behind the scenes account of his daily encounters with a wide range of psychiatric concerns from his own patients and their families to Emergency Department arrivals puts a human face on an often misunderstood area of medical expertise From schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder to post traumatic stress syndrome and autism, How Can I Helpinvestigates a range of mental issues.What is it like to work as a psychiatrist now What are the rewards and challenges What is the impact of the suffering and the recovery of people with mental illness on families and the clinicians who treat them What does the future hold for psychiatric care How Can I Helpdemystifies a profession that has undergone profound change over the past twenty five years, a profession that is often misunderstood by the public and the media, and even by doctors themselves It offers a compassionate, realistic picture of a branch of medicine that is entering a new phase, as increasingly we are able to decode the mysteries of the brain and offer new hope for sufferers of mental illness. 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A Week in My Life as a Psychiatrist ] Author [ David Goldbloom ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr One in five Canadians each year will experience some form of mental illness My son is one of them and they are us.Dr David Goldbloom shows us a week into his work life at the largest psychiatric facility in Canada Introducing us to patients, understanding how the system works, training and describing the impact mental illness has on patients and their family as well as the impact on the staff that treat them He helps break down the stigma around psychiatry, the people with psychiatric One in five Canadians each year will experience some form of mental illness My son is one of them and they are us.Dr David Goldbloom shows us a week into his work life at the largest psychiatric facility in Canada Introducing us to patients, understanding how the system works, training and describing the impact mental illness has on patients and their family as well as the impact on the staff that treat them He helps break down the stigma around psychiat...Canada has socialised medicine, and this book talks as much of psychiatric care in all its forms and the people who access it as it does the actual practice of psychiatry It s a well written book by a very compassionate man who does not view the mentally ill as any different from those who have a physical illness He would like to break the barrier that says mentally ill is being other not like us, compared to physically ill which is a week off work, a box of chocolates and sitting propped Canada has socialised medicine, and this book talks as much of psychiatric care in all its forms and the people who access it as it does the actual practice of psychiatry It s a well written book by a very compassionate man who does not view the mentally ill as any different from those who have a physical illness He would like to break the barrier that says mentally ill is being other not like us, compared to physically ill which is a week ...I am a psychologist who has been out of the field for 25 years Dr Goldbloom s book caught me up to date on the efficacy of ECT, outreach programs, medications and the legal responsibilities of the psychiatrist All of this has changed since my time While being informative it was never boring One thing that used to drive me crazy in rounds, was when the psychiatrists on the wards were wedded to the DSM the bible of mental illnesses Once they found a diagnosis and a medication to match I am a psychologist who has been out of the field for 25 years Dr Goldbloom s b...Oh wow, wow, wow this was a difficult book to read Not because it was boring or difficult, but because of its content It took me a long time to finish because this is not the type of book you speed read I have read many books about mental illness, yet Dr David Goldbloom s book had the most profound impact on me I think it was because this book was written from a Canadian psychiatrist s perspective Most of the books I read about mental health and mental illness are based in America, but I Oh wow, wow, wow this was a difficult book to read Not because it was boring or difficult, but because of its content It took me a long time to finish because this is not the type of book you speed read I have read many books about mental illness, yet Dr David Goldbloom s book had the most profound impact on me I think it was because this book was written from a Canadian psychiatrist s perspective Most of the books I read about mental health and mental illness are based in America, but I recognized the places Dr David Goldbloom mentioned in his book McGill, the CMHA, and downtown Toronto s bustling streets were all so familiar to me This is a book about Canada s mental healthcare syste...As you all probably noticed this is not the kind of book I would usually read I don t usually review non fiction books but this one I found interesting and I do have anxiety disorder and social phobia so I thought I would read this oneWhen I started reading this I was just going to take my time to read this one but as I started reading it I got so into the book that I just didn t want to stop reading It is so well written and interesting that I just didn t want to stop reading I do highly As you all probably noticed this is not the kind of book I would usually read I don t usually review non fiction books but this one I found interesting and I do have anxiety disorder and social phobia so I thought I would...This is a great book It provides super wonderful insight into mental illness from the perspective of an esteemed psychiatrist It is written in a way that provides many stories of individuals, keeping it interesting and engaging As the author goes through his week as a psychiatrist, we follow him through various areas of the medical system in which he works I think this is a fantastic read for anyone wishing to better understand mental illness, its many forms, and its pervasiveness in This is a great book It provides super wonderful insight into mental illness from the perspective of an esteemed psychiatrist It is written in a way that provides many stories of individuals, keeping it interesting and engaging As the author goes through his week as a psychiatrist, we follow him through various areas of the medical system in which he works I think this is a fantastic read for anyone wishing to better understand mental illness, its many forms, and its perva...I have to admit I did not finish reading this It was a slow read for me and I have too many other books I want to read right now I plan to finish it in the fall Summer is a time for lighter reading and I have a pile I want to ta...It was everything I like a narrative non fiction to be, relevant, insightful and well balanced between information and story It s an added bonus that it s Canadian.I really enjoyed this book I heard David Goldbloom interviewed on CBC Radio and thought it sounded interesting, so I gave it a shot This book is exactly what the title says it is, a week in his life as a psychiatrist, but I would wager what his week looks like is not what many people would expect It is well written, informative and gives some history on the practice of psychiatry as it relates to the patients he profiles in the book, which is interesting in and of itself I know from I really enjoyed this book I heard David Goldbloom interviewed on CBC Radio and thought it sounded interesting, so I gave it a shot This book is exactly what the title says it is, a week in his life as a psychiatrist, but I would wager what his week looks like is not what many people would expect It is well written, informative and gives some history on the practice of psychiatry as it relates to the patients he profiles in the book, w...Look forward to reading this book Just won a free copy from Goodreads.

• English
• 03 July 2018
David Goldbloom
• Hardcover
• 400 pages
• 1476706786
• David Goldbloom
• How Can I Help? A Week in My Life as a Psychiatrist