Psychiatry as Normative Practice

Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 26 (1):33-48 (2019)
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One of paradoxes of current mental health care is that we never have known more about mental disorder and at the same time been more uncertain about the conceptual basis—and, therefore, the legitimacy—of psychiatry.This is remarkable. Psychiatry as a science flourishes. Over the last three decades, there has been an enormous increase in empirical research on the genetic, neurobiological, psychological, and social determinants of mental disorder. At the same time, mental health care has improved a lot, at least in most Western countries. Reform in legislation and in the organization of care has led to more autonomy of the patient, more control on the process and outcome of therapy...

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