Interfaces of Psychiatry

This unique book comprehensively explores and illustrates the different ways in which the medical discipline of psychiatry interfaces and interacts with not only other medical disciplines, but also other aspects of life and knowledge.Divided into 26 chapters, the text begins with an overview of psychiatry interfaces. The next nine sections cover interfaces with other medical disciplines including neurology, obstetrics and gynaecology, gastroenterology, dermatology, and cardiology.The following sections cover different societal aspects and their interfaces with psychiatry, including politics, religion, law, history, philosophy, ethics and culture, and more. The final chapters discuss education, the arts, and social media.