TY - JOUR

T1 - Breaking out of the citadel: social theory and psychiatry

AU - Poole, Rob

AU - Robinson, Catherine

PY - 2023/6

Y1 - 2023/6

N2 - British psychiatry has tended to hold itself aloof from social theory. Nonetheless, these ideas have influenced the development of mental health services. Alongside this, the biopsychosocial model cannot reconcile contradictions in the scientific evidence regarding mental illness. We need to develop a more constructive understanding of the implications of social theory.

AB - British psychiatry has tended to hold itself aloof from social theory. Nonetheless, these ideas have influenced the development of mental health services. Alongside this, the biopsychosocial model cannot reconcile contradictions in the scientific evidence regarding mental illness. We need to develop a more constructive understanding of the implications of social theory.

U2 - https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2022.17

DO - https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2022.17

M3 - Article

C2 - 35289262

VL - 47

SP - 146

EP - 149

JO - BJPsych Bulletin

JF - BJPsych Bulletin

SN - 2056-4694

IS - 3

ER -