The author of the concepts of psychiatry a pluralistic approach to the mind and mental illness is s nassir ghaemi md an assistant professor of psychiatry at harvard medical school in his acknowledgments ghaemi covers a broad and comprehensive group of individuals under whose influence he has come in his journey of scholarship this book is a manifestation of ghaemis absorptive and . The author of the concepts of psychiatry a pluralistic approach to the mind and mental illness is s nassir ghaemi md an assistant professor of psychiatry at harvard medical school in his acknowledgments ghaemi covers a broad and comprehensive group of individuals under whose influence he has come in his journey of scholarship this book is a manifestation of ghaemis absorptive and . Buy the paperback book the concepts of psychiatry a pluralistic approach to the mind and mental illness by s nassir ghaemi at indigoca canadas largest bookstore free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders because most psychiatric illnesses are complex phenomena no single method or approach is sufficient to explain them or the experiences of persons who suffer from them in the . Because most psychiatric illnesses are complex phenomena no single method or approach is sufficient to explain them or the experiences of persons who suffer from them in the concepts of psychiatry s nassir ghaemi md argues that the discipline of psychiatry can therefore be understood best from a pluralistic perspective. The concepts of psychiatry a pluralistic approach to the mind and mental illness march 2005 journal of the american academy of child adolescent psychiatry 443298 300