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Psychiatrist’s collection of essays aims to challenge misconceptions in field

 Neil Liebowitz’s “Psychiatry in Techno Colors” uses clinical vignettes to improve our understanding of major mental illness

FARMINGTON, Conn. – While psychiatry has come under attack for its alleged checkered past concerning over-reliance on medication, Neil Liebowitz, MD argues this claim is false in “Psychiatry in Techno Colors” (ISBN 1456316435). His book outlines why commonly held beliefs are distortions of reality. It further argues that a skilled psychiatrist can help a patient heal and return to a productive and happy life. This collection of essays ranges from understanding panic disorders to selecting depression medication, and each chapter concludes with a solution or strategy to resolve the dilemma. This book is written on a level intended to suit the general public, yet it also aims to provide enlightening insights and strategies for any clinician.

“My primary message is one of hope,” explained Liebowitz. “Hope that anxiety and depression can be understood and treated if patients and providers are better informed by an experienced clinician.”

The book’s messages include overcoming the psychiatry stigma, differentiating drugs of abuse from those that heal, failings of diagnoses and clinical trials, understanding how ADHD differs from bipolar disorder and understanding memory problems associated with medications.

Liebowitz founded the Connecticut Anxiety and Depression Treatment Center. He shares personal stories that illustrate some patient dilemmas and possible solutions for key psychiatric problems. From growing up on Long Island to residency training at Yale, to an academic career at the University of Connecticut, this doctor learned how best to understand psychiatric problems and properly treat them.

The author’s 28 years of practice have helped him develop strategies for conceptualizing patient problems.

“I feel that   mainstream psychiatry may miss the mark for many patients,” he said. “Psychiatry has been held back by wrong theories and an establishment that is slow to reconsider old notions.”

“Psychiatry in Techno Colors” is available for sale online at Amazon.com and other channels.