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The following books by or about alumni and faculty have recently been published. Descriptions are taken from the book jackets. Nomads Five: A Family’s
Journey Around the World Eighty Days Press (Great Barrington, Mass.) 2000 In 1995, for a 50th birthday sabbatical, David Lippman took his adventurous and tolerant wife and three children on a trip around the world. The book is the fruit of a decision to record the adventures this family experienced as it traveled over a nine-month period. While Lippman is not sure he would recommend extensive travel to a young family after the events of September 11, he hopes that our children can take their children on a once-in-a-lifetime trip which, for the Lippmans, brought them closer to each other and all their fellow travelers on our now-worried planet.
Five Hundred Years of Medicine
in Art: An Illustrated Catalogue of Prints and Drawings from the Clements
C. Fry Collection Ashgate Publishing Co. (Burlington, Vt.) 2001 This meticulously researched volume makes available an important collection of prints and drawings from the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library at Yale and allows comparative study of specific medical themes as they have been portrayed over time by artists. The collection also reflects the professional interests of Fry, a Yale psychiatrist, bringing together many works related to mental illness, including representations of patients, psychiatric institutions and therapeutic practice.
Handbook of Alcoholism CRC Press (Boca Raton, Fla.) 2000 While the war on drugs continues to attract worldwide attention, the fact that alcoholism remains a major worldwide health concern is often overlooked. No matter what one’s expertise, the CRC Handbook of Alcoholism can help practitioners acquire the necessary skills to treat problem drinkers and alcohol-dependent patients. This comprehensive handbook addresses the underlying psychological problems of alcoholism, and helps practitioners to better diagnose and treat the nonpsychiatric medical disorders caused by the disease.
Psychiatry on Trial: Fact
and Fantasy in the Courtroom McFarland & Company
Inc. (Jefferson, N.C.) 2001 In some areas of the law, psychiatrists have become as much a part of the legal landscape as lawyers and litigants. Psychiatrists’ speculations garner criticism from both the medical and legal communities. In this work, the author takes a close look at psychiatric testimony and examines the validity of what forensic psychiatrists do. Using depositions from actual cases and drawing from his own experiences, the author discusses the problem of misinformed professionals, appropriate and inappropriate testimony and the legal principles that help distinguish good testimony from bad testimony. Also covered are a wide variety of psychiatric and legal issues, including worker’s compensation, murder, child abuse, repressed memory, malpractice and sexual harassment.
Beyond the Big Talk: Every
Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens—from Middle
School to High School and Beyond Newmarket Press (New York)
2001 As children mature into potentially sexually active young adults, parents have an increasingly difficult time talking to them about the sensitive topics of sex and sexuality. The influences of the media, the Internet and peer pressure complicate relationships between parent and child and make it harder than ever before for parents to pass their own values on to their teens. But parents who are able to stay involved in their children’s lives can make a big difference in the children’s actions and behaviors. Writing in a realistic, practical and informative style, Haffner provides a wealth of techniques and ideas for helping teens deal with sexuality issues. With checklists and sample conversations, she gives specific information particular to each age group: middle school, early high school, late high school and beyond. She addresses such crucial issues as peer pressure, dating and parties, alcohol and drugs, sexual harassment and abstinence.
Meselson, Stahl, and the
Replication of DNA: A History of “The Most Beautiful Experiment in
Biology” Yale University Press (New
Haven) 2001 This book vividly reconstructs the complex route that led to the Meselson-Stahl experiment confirming that DNA replicates as predicted by Watson and Crick’s double-helix structure. It also provides an inside view of day-to-day scientific research—its unpredictability, excitement, intellectual challenge and serendipitous windfalls, as well as its frustrations, unexpected diversions and chronic uncertainty. Holmes uses research logs, experimental films, correspondence and interviews with the participants to record the history of Meselson and Stahl’s research, from their first thinking about the problem through the publication of their dramatic results. Holmes also reviews the scientific community’s reception of the experiment, the experiment’s influence on later investigations and the reasons for its reputation as an exceptionally beautiful experiment. Send notices of new
books by alumni and faculty to Cheryl Violante, Yale Medicine,
P.O. Box 7612, New Haven, CT 06519-0612, or via e-mail to cheryl.violante@yale.edu. |
Originally
published in Yale Medicine, Winter 2002.