Psychiatry. Who is sick with what, and what to do about it. Diagnoses. Clinical cases

Psychiatry is a complex science, and today, in the age of the internet, characterized by the false reliability of information, society increasingly faces a lack of adequate information from specialists, trusting the fabricated myths of journalists, bloggers, and "authoritative friends." How to understand who is mentally healthy, and who needs help, how the complex world of psychiatry is structured from within, what laws operate in its territory, what depression and bipolar disorder are, stresses and neuroses, autism and "Alzheimer's," and what to do if something is wrong with you, but you are afraid to ask?..

The authors, who have worked as practical psychiatrists their whole lives, discuss these difficult questions and problems in plain human language, but from a professional perspective. The main merit of the book lies in numerous examples of clinical psychiatry from the authors' personal practice with professional comments. Therefore, the book will be of interest to both psychiatrist colleagues, students of related specialties, psychologists and psychotherapists, as well as ordinary people who wish to rid themselves of misconceptions and biases regarding mental illnesses.

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