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Psychiatry and the rhetoric of models

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.661

The term "medical model" has been increasingly used in discussions about the future course of psychiatry. The author examines various types of models and suggests that "medical model" is a rhetorical device which tends to obscure many important issues. He suggests that psychiatry avoid overrestricting its area of expertise.

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