Healthy Skepticism Library item: 14353

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Publication type: Journal Article

Lloyd S.
Morals, medicine and change: morality brokers, social phobias, and French psychiatry.
Cult Med Psychiatry. 2008 Jun; 32:(2):279-97
http://www.springerlink.com/content/hh8k583l8p1r375t/

Abstract:

This paper will examine how French neurotics are being transformed into ‘social phobics’ and how the appearance of this group may be tied to new personal and social ideals. There are many people and factors that contribute to this changing definition of mental illness. Amongst these, I will focus on the role of three groups who are most vocally acting as morality brokers in the creation of these new subjects: psychiatrists, patients’ groups and pharmaceutical companies.

Keywords:
Biological Psychiatry/history Biological Psychiatry/methods Cross-Cultural Comparison Culture* Diagnosis, Differential Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Drug Industry/methods Drug Industry/statistics & numerical data European Continental Ancestry Group/psychology European Continental Ancestry Group/statistics & numerical data France/epidemiology History, 20th Century Humans Morals* Neurotic Disorders/diagnosis Neurotic Disorders/epidemiology Neurotic Disorders/psychology Phobic Disorders/diagnosis Phobic Disorders/epidemiology Phobic Disorders/psychology* Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/statistics & numerical data Psychiatry/history Psychiatry/methods Psychiatry/trends* Psychometrics Terminology as Topic United States