Chinese Medical Psychiatry: A Textbook and Clinical Manual - Robert Flaws

Chinese Medical Psychiatry is the first full-length English language textbook & clinical manual on Chinese medical psychiatry. It has been coauthored by Bob Flaws, one of the most famous Western practitioners of Chinese medicine & Dr. James Lake, a board-certified psychiatrist. The book is divided into three sections. Section one deals with the theory of Chinese psychiatry, including a discussion of how Flaws & Lake think Chinese psychiatry may be integrated with modern Western psychiatry. Section two discusses the Chinese medical treatment of two dozen common mental-emotional symptoms, such as irritability & excessive anger, frequent sorrow, fear & fright, & impaired memory. Section three describes the Chinese medical treatment of a selection of commonly seen modern Western psychiatric disorders. These include depression, manic depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, conversion disorders, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, postpartum depression, perimenopausal syndrome, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder & schizophrenia. Each chapter in the two treatment sections begins with a discussion of the disorder's Western medical definition, epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, current Western medical treatment with benefits & drawbacks & danger signs & recommendations for referral. In terms of Chinese medicine, acupuncture & Chinese herbal protocols are given for each pattern of every complaint. Further, each treatment chapter contains copious case histories & abstracts of current Chinese research. Thus this book is a goldmine both for Western psychiatrists wanting to explore what Chinese medicine has to offer & for Western acupuncturists & practitioners of Chinese medicine who wish to work with Western psychiatrists in the treatment of mental-emotional disorders.Flaws, Robert is the author of 'Chinese Medical Psychiatry: A Textbook and Clinical Manual - Robert Flaws' with ISBN 9781891845178 and ISBN 1891845179.