TY - JOUR

T1 - Psychiatry's need for Vergangenheitsbewältigung: ‘culture wars’, cognitive dissonance and coming to terms with the past

AU - Lepping, Peter

AU - Poole, Rob

PY - 2022/11

Y1 - 2022/11

N2 - UK psychiatry's sense of self rests on being part of a socially progressive national tradition. This makes it difficult to engage with more critical narratives. The process of analysing and accepting psychiatry's past can help our profession to get closer to its real self and on a path to a better future.

AB - UK psychiatry's sense of self rests on being part of a socially progressive national tradition. This makes it difficult to engage with more critical narratives. The process of analysing and accepting psychiatry's past can help our profession to get closer to its real self and on a path to a better future.

U2 - 10.1192/bjo.2022.607

DO - 10.1192/bjo.2022.607

M3 - Article

VL - 8

JO - British Journal of Psychiatry

JF - British Journal of Psychiatry

SN - 0007-1250

IS - 6

M1 - e202

ER -