Descriptive psychiatry is based on the study of observable symptoms and behavioral phenomena rather than underlying psychodynamic processes. In descriptive psychiatry, the clinical psychiatrist focuses on empirically observable behaviors and conditions, such as words spoken or actions taken.
Its focus on observable symptoms contrasts with dynamic psychiatry's emphasis on emotional processes and the mental mechanisms underlying them. The relative popularity of these two basic approaches to psychiatry changes over time.[2] Descriptive psychiatry was seen at its low points as "narrow, bloodless, and without real significance."[2] At its high points, it is considered orderly, systematic, and scientific. Most modern psychiatrists believe that it is most helpful to combine the two complementary approaches in a biopsychosocial model.[3]
descriptive, psychiatry, based, study, observable, symptoms, behavioral, phenomena, rather, than, underlying, psychodynamic, processes, descriptive, psychiatry, clinical, psychiatrist, focuses, empirically, observable, behaviors, conditions, such, words, spoke. Descriptive psychiatry is based on the study of observable symptoms and behavioral phenomena rather than underlying psychodynamic processes In descriptive psychiatry the clinical psychiatrist focuses on empirically observable behaviors and conditions such as words spoken or actions taken Modern works sometimes refer to it as biological psychiatry 1 It was championed by Emil Kraepelin in the early 20th century and is sometimes called Kraepelinian psychiatry 1 One major work of descriptive psychiatry is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 1 Its focus on observable symptoms contrasts with dynamic psychiatry s emphasis on emotional processes and the mental mechanisms underlying them The relative popularity of these two basic approaches to psychiatry changes over time 2 Descriptive psychiatry was seen at its low points as narrow bloodless and without real significance 2 At its high points it is considered orderly systematic and scientific Most modern psychiatrists believe that it is most helpful to combine the two complementary approaches in a biopsychosocial model 3 See also editDynamic psychiatryReferences edit a b c Evans F J 1996 Harry Stack Sullivan interpersonal theory and psychotherapy New York Routledge pp 56 ISBN 0 415 11972 3 a b Annals of Medicine The Dictionary of Disorder The New Yorker Retrieved 2008 03 23 Williams Gavin De Kadt Emanuel Jehuda 2001 Sociology and development New York Routledge p 152 ISBN 0 415 25670 4 nbsp This psychiatry related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Descriptive psychiatry amp oldid 1179799049, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
