Tim McCartney's and Mike Neville's little book U-Turn is a readable and fascinating excursion through the often successful attempts of two professionals to engage with the deep social and psychological problems of a small state - the seven hundred island archipelago of the Bahamas. Starting appropriately with their own very different backgrounds (McCartney is Bahamian while Neville is Irish and trained in the UK), the book traces the history of how they came together and worked to combat problems of drug addiction, stress and mental disease, developing along the way their own unique programs based on individual as well as large group interaction. U-Turn provides searing insights into the mental health problems faced by small states, but goes far beyond that, to suggest workable solutions for the managing of mental health problems in any jurisdiction in the twenty-first century. -Brian Meeks, Professor of Social and Political Change Director, the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies The University of the West Indies
About the Author: Timothy McCartney is a Distinguished Professor of Management and the Paul Hersey Chair in Leadership and Organizational Behavior at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is a Clinical Psychologist and also an Organizational Development Consultant, facilitating seminars, workshops and advising national and multinational companies in the Caribbean and worldwide. Dr. McCartney was educated in the Bahamas. USA, Switzerland, Jamaica, England, and France where he obtained a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology - "tres honorable!" (Summa cum laude). He has received many awards and citations for his contribution to psychology and mental health from national and international communities. He has obtained Excellence in Teaching Awards and was named Students' Choice Professor of the Year, 2008/2009. Dr. McCartney is married to Pauline and they have four children (one is deceased), eighteen grandchildren, and eight great grands. Dr. Michael Neville received his medical degree at the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland in 1973. He interned at Princess Margaret Hospital, in the Bahamas and worked for a year in the emergency room. Dr. Neville then trained as a psychiatrist in Manchester, England where he received a Diploma in Psychological Medicine and the Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He returned to the Bahamas in 1979 and has worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist at Sandilands Rehabilitation and at Doctor's Hospital. Dr. Neville has a special interest in forensic psychiatry and has worked at Fox Hill Prison and given expert testimony to the courts in both civil and criminal matters. He has conducted research and has published numerous papers and has presented his work at many conferences. He served on the country's Prison Commission and on the last Crime Council. He has a special interest in why people commit murder. He has been awarded the Member of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth and the medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice by Pope John Paul II; both medals for his services in mental health to the people of the Bahamas. Dr. Neville is married to Sandra. They have three children and four grandchildren.