{"product_id":"empathy-in-clinical-psychiatry-and-mental-health-care-clinical-conceptual-and-scientific-perspectives-paperback","title":"Empathy in Clinical Psychiatry and Mental Health Care: Clinical, Conceptual, and Scientific Perspectives - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlvaro Barrera\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmpathy in Clinical Psychiatry and Mental Health Care\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on empathy in clinical psychiatry and mental health care, bringing together the challenging reality of day-to-day clinical mental health work with conceptual and neuroscientific work on empathy. Such an interface is crucial because empathy is both ethically and epistemically central to mental health care. Mental health professionals' effort of trying to understand the distressing experiences of patients will help instil a sense of dignity and respect for their suffering. Empathy is also epistemically central to psychiatry because the knowledge gained through the empathy effort helps to inform the collaborative care plan to be developed with the patient. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book's first section sets the conceptual, epistemological and social neuroscience scene, including and acknowledging empathy's potential risks and problems. Its second section addresses empathy's role in medicine, descriptive psychopathology, psychological interventions, as well as the neurobiological basis of its disorders. The third section examines empathy in clinical situations such as psychosis, suicidal behaviour, personality disorders, alcohol or substance use disorders, forensic psychiatry, and the care of autistic people. Its final section describes the role of empathy in the work of mental health nurses, occupational therapists, clinical psychiatrists, and mental health law lawyers, with a final chapter covering empathy in mental health care interventions provided by conversational artificial intelligence. The book closes with a call to place clinical empathy at the centre of mental health care provision and research to increase effectiveness, outcomes and patient experience.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlvaro Barrera, \u003cem\u003eFellow Royal College of Psychiatrists, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlvaro Barrera is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, and Consultant Psychiatrist at Oxford Health NHS FT. He completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK. He has received three awards for improving safety and sleep on inpatient wards, co-edited the \u003cem\u003eOxford Textbook of Inpatient Psychiatry\u003c\/em\u003e, and is interested in the descriptive psychopathology and cognitive neuroscience of severe mental health disorders. He supervises medical students, foundation doctors, as well as core and advanced psychiatry trainees at Oxford.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52241636229394,"sku":"9780198917328","price":119.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/q-1eD6jLcv9780198917328.webp?v=1777903958","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/empathy-in-clinical-psychiatry-and-mental-health-care-clinical-conceptual-and-scientific-perspectives-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}