Psychiatry beyond the current paradigm

Pat Bracken; Philip Thomas; Sami Timimi; Eia Asen; Graham Behr; Carl Beuster; Seth Bhunnoo; Ivor Browne; Navjyoat Chhina; Duncan Double; Simon Downer; Chris Evans; Suman Fernando; Malcolm R Garland; William Hopkins; Rhodri Huws; Bob Johnson; Brian Martindale; Hugh Middleton; Daniel Moldavsky; Joanna Moncrieff; Simon Mullins; Julia Nelki; Matteo Pizzo; James Rodger; Marcellino Smyth; Derek Summerfield; Jeremy Wallace; David Yeomans

doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.112.109447

Psychiatry beyond the current paradigm

Pat Bracken, Philip Thomas, Sami Timimi, Eia Asen, Graham Behr, Carl Beuster, Seth Bhunnoo, Ivor Browne, Navjyoat Chhina, Duncan Double, Simon Downer, Chris Evans, Suman Fernando, Malcolm R Garland, William Hopkins, Rhodri Huws, Bob Johnson, Brian Martindale, Hugh Middleton, Daniel MoldavskyJoanna Moncrieff, Simon Mullins, Julia Nelki, Matteo Pizzo, James Rodger, Marcellino Smyth, Derek Summerfield, Jeremy Wallace, David Yeomans

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Abstract

A series of editorials in this Journal have argued that psychiatry is in the midst of a crisis. The various solutions proposed would all involve a strengthening of psychiatry's identity as essentially 'applied neuroscience'. Although not discounting the importance of the brain sciences and psychopharmacology, we argue that psychiatry needs to move beyond the dominance of the current, technological paradigm. This would be more in keeping with the evidence about how positive outcomes are achieved and could also serve to foster more meaningful collaboration with the growing service user movement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	430-4
Number of pages	5
Journal	BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
Volume	201
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.112.109447
Publication status	Published - Dec 2012

Keywords

Biomedical Technology
Cognitive Therapy
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Evidence-Based Practice
Humans
Knowledge
Mental Disorders
Mental Health
Professional Practice
Psychiatry
Recovery of Function

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Bracken, P., Thomas, P., Timimi, S., Asen, E., Behr, G., Beuster, C., Bhunnoo, S., Browne, I., Chhina, N., Double, D., Downer, S., Evans, C., Fernando, S., Garland, M. R., Hopkins, W., Huws, R., Johnson, B., Martindale, B., Middleton, H., ... Yeomans, D. (2012). Psychiatry beyond the current paradigm. BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 201(6), 430-4. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.112.109447

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