The Battle for the Soul of Psychiatry

Authors

Zahid Syed, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Simon McCarthy, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

5-28-2025

Comments

Presentation: 1:00:30

Abstract

Overview

- Story of Psychiatry

- Historical Dialectics and Implications

• Beneficence vs Autonomy
• Individual vs Population Lens
• Psychologic vs Biologic
• Medical Idealism vs Financial Pragmatism

- Commodiciation

Recommended Citation

Syed, MD, Zahid and McCarthy, MD, Simon, "The Battle for the Soul of Psychiatry" (2025). Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Grand Rounds. Paper 114.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/phbgr/114

Language

English