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The political and social mission of psychiatry
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2020
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Psychiatry is based on values and scientific evidence. The presentation will argue that both bases come with a social and political mission.
The values require a commitment to help those in need of support, which cannot be fully achieved without social and political action. The scientific evidence points to the central role of societal factors, such as inequality and poverty, for the development of mental disorders. Influencing these factors requires political decisions.
It will be concluded that taking up the social and political mission is a moral imperative for both psychiatrists as a professional group and individual psychiatrists, and may make the profession more relevant in society, more attractive to medical students, and more effective in helping patients with mental distress.
The discussion will address the challenges and practical options for such a mission.
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- EECP 01
- Information
- European Psychiatry , Volume 33 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 24th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2016 , pp. S14
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- Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2016
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