Joel Paris, MD, was born in New York City, but has spent most of his life in Canada. He obtained an MD from McGill University, where he also trained in psychiatry. Dr. Paris has been a member of the McGill psychiatry department since 1972, and served as Department Chair from 1997 to 2007. Dr. Paris' research interest is in borderline personality disorder. He is an educator who has won awards for his teaching.

• Introduction Part I: Models 1. Neuroscience and Psychiatry2. Psychotherapy and Psychiatry Part II: Diagnosis 3. Diagnosis in Psychiatry 4. The Boundaries of Mental Disorders 5. Mood and Mental Illness6. Psychiatry's Problem Children7. Personality and Personality Disorders Part III: Treatment 8. Evidence-Based Psychiatry 9. Psychiatric Drugs: Miracles and Limitations 10. Psychotherapies: Methods, Outcomes, and Accessibility11. The Problem of Suicide12. Psychiatry in Practice Part IV: Outlook 13. Training Psychiatrists14. Psychiatry and Society 15. The Future of Psychiatry References

Joel Paris, MD, was born in New York City, but has spent most of his life in Canada. He obtained an MD from McGill University, where he also trained in psychiatry. Dr. Paris has been a member of the McGill psychiatry department since 1972, and served as Department Chair from 1997 to 2007. Dr. Paris' research interest is in borderline personality disorder. He is an educator who has won awards for his teaching.

• Introduction Part I: Models 1. Neuroscience and Psychiatry2. Psychotherapy and Psychiatry Part II: Diagnosis 3. Diagnosis in Psychiatry 4. The Boundaries of Mental Disorders 5. Mood and Mental Illness6. Psychiatry's Problem Children7. Personality and Personality Disorders Part III: Treatment 8. Evidence-Based Psychiatry 9. Psychiatric Drugs: Miracles and Limitations 10. Psychotherapies: Methods, Outcomes, and Accessibility11. The Problem of Suicide12. Psychiatry in Practice Part IV: Outlook 13. Training Psychiatrists14. Psychiatry and Society 15. The Future of Psychiatry References

Joel Paris, MD, was born in New York City, but has spent most of his life in Canada. He obtained an MD from McGill University, where he also trained in psychiatry. Dr. Paris has been a member of the McGill psychiatry department since 1972, and served as Department Chair from 1997 to 2007. Dr. Paris' research interest is in borderline personality disorder. He is an educator who has won awards for his teaching.

• Introduction Part I: Models 1. Neuroscience and Psychiatry2. Psychotherapy and Psychiatry Part II: Diagnosis 3. Diagnosis in Psychiatry 4. The Boundaries of Mental Disorders 5. Mood and Mental Illness6. Psychiatry's Problem Children7. Personality and Personality Disorders Part III: Treatment 8. Evidence-Based Psychiatry 9. Psychiatric Drugs: Miracles and Limitations 10. Psychotherapies: Methods, Outcomes, and Accessibility11. The Problem of Suicide12. Psychiatry in Practice Part IV: Outlook 13. Training Psychiatrists14. Psychiatry and Society 15. The Future of Psychiatry References