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Psychiatry: Paradigm of our times

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The evolution of psychiatry in the United States during the past quarter century is examined in the light of changes in the society. The position that psychiatry occupies in medicine, as a bridge between natural and social sciences, makes it more sensitive to social changes, but at the same time more vulnerable to them.

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    Raul H. Vispo M.D. (Associate Deon)

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Vispo, R.H. Psychiatry: Paradigm of our times. Psych Quar 46, 208–219 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01563446

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