Am J Psychiatry 1976; 133:522-526
Copyright © 1976 by American Psychiatric Association
Psychosis, thought disorder, and regression
NC Adnreasen and PS Powers
Focusing on the definition, scope, and role of psychiatry today, the author
discusses whether psychiatry is primarily medical, whether it is
overstepping its boundaries in attempting to treat problems of living, and
whether it is too involved with social questions. On the basis of an
examination of the current scientific base of psychiatry, he predicts that
psychiatry will continue to grow in size and diversity, that it will
refocus substantially on biological issues, that it will become more humble
about what it can do with regard to social problems, and that it will
continue to yield new therapeutic measures and techniques.
