Damaged : childhood trauma, adult illness, and the need for a health care revolution /

Damaged : childhood trauma, adult illness, and the need for a health care revolution /

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"We need a revolution in care. Damaged tells the painful yet inspiring story of a dedicated psychiatrist and his most challenging patient. In the authentic voices of Dr. Robert Maunder and his patient, Isaac, we hear how childhood trauma harms Isaac's health for the rest of his life. Provi...

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Authors / Creators: Maunder, Bob (Author), Hunter, Jon, 1958- (Author)
Other Authors / Creators:Hunter, Jon, 1958- author.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Aevo UTP, an imprint of University of Toronto Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Psychotherapist and patient.
Adult child abuse victims > Mental health.
Child abuse > Psychological aspects.
Psychic trauma.
Psychotherapy.
Physician and patient.
Psychotherapy
Physician-Patient Relations
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse > psychology
Child Abuse > psychology
Relations psychothérapeutiques.
Enfants maltraités devenus adultes > Santé mentale.
Enfants > Violence envers > Aspect psychologique.
Traumatisme psychique.
Psychothérapie.
Relations médecin-patient.
MEDICAL / Physician & Patient.
Physician and patient
Adult child abuse victims > Mental health
Child abuse > Psychological aspects
Psychic trauma
Psychotherapist and patient
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Summary:"We need a revolution in care. Damaged tells the painful yet inspiring story of a dedicated psychiatrist and his most challenging patient. In the authentic voices of Dr. Robert Maunder and his patient, Isaac, we hear how childhood trauma harms Isaac's health for the rest of his life. Providing readers with a window into the private world of long-term psychotherapy, we also see how deeply patients can affect the doctors who care for them. Dr. Maunder and his friend and colleague, Dr. Hunter, vividly demonstrate how the caring collegiality between doctors can significantly improve the medicine they practice. Through an honest retelling of interactions between doctors and patients, Damaged makes the case that health care would be both more compassionate and more effective if its practitioners acknowledged the role of trauma in the lives of patients. Above all, Damaged recognizes the need for change in our medical system and urges those who know, love, and treat people like Isaac to be kind, to be empathetic, and to take action."--

This is the story of a psychiatrist and his career-long relationship with a difficult patient showing how medical treatment should not just be about biology, but also about psychology.

Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (JSTOR, viewed February 3, 2022).
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 219 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781487528362
1487528361
9781487528379
148752837X
Author Notes:Maunder, MD Robert :

Robert Maunder, MD is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and holds the Chair in Health and Behaviour at Sinai Health. His research focuses on how close relationships influence health, and on the compassionate support of resilience in healthcare workers. Clinically, he provides psychiatric care for people with chronic physical illnesses.
Hunter, MD Jonathan :

Jonathan Hunter, MD is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and holds the Pencer Family Chair in Applied General Psychiatry at Sinai Health. His research and clinical practice focus on the psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care of cancer patients and other people with serious medical and surgical illnesses.


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