The future of academic psychiatry may be social.

Priebe, Stefan; Burns, Tom; Craig, Tom K J · Br J Psychiatry · 2013

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

The past 30 years have produced no discoveries leading to major changes in psychiatric practice. The rules regulating research and a dominant neurobiological paradigm may both have stifled creativity. Embracing a social paradigm could generate real progress and, simultaneously, make the profession more attractive.

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