Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry 7/e:The prevalence of psychiatry in popular culture has coincided with the rise of amateur "armchair" psychiatrists and this often serves to muddy the waters about what, exactly, the field entails. For all the misconceptions, though, psychiatry is an endlessly fascinating field, charged with defining and recognizing mental illnesses, identifying methods for treating them, and discovering their causes and developing measures to prevent them. Introductory