02615cam a2200385 i 4500 1227421476 TxGeo 20240404120000.0 231116s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023051593 9781250284891 hbk. 1250284899 hbk. (OCoLC)1412042840 TxGeo rda Tweedy, Damon, author. Facing the unseen : the struggle to center mental health in medicine / Damon Tweedy, M.D. Unseen : the struggle to center mental health in medicine. Struggle to center mental health in medicine. First edition. New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2024. viii, 289 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "From the ... the author of Black Man in a White Coat comes a powerful and urgent call to center psychiatry and mental health care into the mainstream of medicine ... As much as we all might wish that mental health problems, with their elusive causes and unsettling behaviors, simply did not exist, millions of people suffer from them, sometimes to an extreme extent. Many others face addiction to alcohol and other drugs, as overdose and suicide deaths abound. Yet the vast majority of doctors receive minimal instruction in treating these conditions during their lengthy medical training. This mismatch ignores the clear overlap between physical and mental distress, and too-often puts psychiatrists on the outside looking in as the medical system continues to fail many patients. In Facing The Unseen, bestselling author, professor of psychiatry, and practicing physician Damon Tweedy guides us through his days working in outpatient clinics, emergency rooms, and hospitals as he meets people from all walks of life who are grappling with physical and psychological illnesses ... Tweedy argues for a more comprehensive and integrated approach where people with mental illness have a health care system that places their full well-being front and center"-- Provided by publisher. 20240429. Tweedy, Damon. Mental health services United States. Crisis intervention (Mental health services) United States. Psychiatry United States. African American psychiatrists. Psychiatrists. QS5