Psychiatry in turmoil

2023-11-17 12:30:53

Contrary to what is often stated, there is no no real consensus on existing problems and solutions to be implemented in psychiatry. For forty years, reports and works have followed one another and contradicted each other. This situation can explain the embarrassment of the public authority in design and undertake a rebuild yet essential for this care device.

How to adapt the organization of the public healthcare system to the considerable transformation of hospital and outpatient services, divided into sectors by the 1960 circular? How to design places respective aspects of public and private psychiatry? How to deal with inflation requests for treatment of psychological suffering by psychiatry? How to strengthen patient rights?

It is around the answers to be provided that the a new impetusnecessary, to give to psychiatry.

This essay provides a critical analysis et without detour reforms in psychiatry for 40 years and presents concrete proposals to enlighten health professionals, elected officials and administrative officials in charge of mental health policies, and any citizen concerned about the state and future of psychiatry.

Psychiatry in turmoil, Alain Lopez Frank Bellivier (Afterword), Hygée éditions, Contreverses Collection, October 2023, €18

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