From such nets of souls societies, the social world, human life springs.”― Tony Kushner1This column on “Second thoughts about psychiatry, psychology, and psychotherapy” will focus for the next 18 months, the rest of my term as President of the World Association of Social Psychiatry (WASP), on social psychiatry. In a series of essays, I will offer an updated lexicon for social psychiatry, interspersed with related reflections. Laing, MD’s social phenomenology and social construction versus social constructivism in understanding social reality as part of social philosophy; and, finally, the place of social psychiatry in all of this. Follow-up and reply to commentaries on “A social psychiatry manifesto for the 21st century.” World Soc Psychiatry. Di Nicola V. Special Communication—Attachment, family, and social systems: London’s “cradle to grave” contributions as a model for social psychiatry.

Source: New York Times June 05, 2024 16:01 UTC