Person Centered Psychiatry

Description

This book presents an authoritative overview of the emerging field of person-centered psychiatry. This perspective, articulating science and humanism, arose within the World Psychiatric Association and aims to shift the focus of psychiatry fromorgan and disease to the whole person within their individual context. It is part of a broader person-centered perspective in medicine that is being advanced by the International College of Person-Centered Medicine through the annual Geneva Conferences held since 2008 in collaboration with the World Medical Association, the World Health Organization, the International Council of Nurses, the International Federation of Social Workers, and the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations, among 30 other international health institutions.

In this book, experts in the field cover all aspects of person-centered psychiatry, the conceptual keystones of which include ethical commitment; a holistic approach; a relationship focus; cultural sensitivity; individualized care; establishment ofcommon ground among clinicians, patients, and families for joint diagnostic understanding and shared clinical decision-making; people-centered organization of services; and person-centered health education and research. 

Juan E. Mezzich MD PhDEditor in Chief, International Journal of Person Centered Medicine; Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA

George N Christodoulou MD PhDHonorary Fellow, World Psychiatric Association;  Former President, World Federation for Mental Health; Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Michel Botbol MD, Board Director, International College of Person Centered Medicine; Chair, World Psychiatric Association Section on Psychoanalysis in Psychiatry; Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Western Brittany, Brest, France
Kevin M. Cloninger PhDPresident, Anthropedia Foundation, 
Ihsan M. Salloum MD MPHBoard Director, International College of Person Centered Medicine; Chair, Section on Classification, Diagnostic Assessment and Nomenclature, World Psychiatric Association; Professor of Psychiatry, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA