Psychiatry in 21st century: The road ahead

Abstract

In spite of becoming more humane in its approach with improvements in understanding of mental illnesses over last century, psychiatry still has a long way to go. At this point in time, on one hand the world faces issues like terrorism, wars and global warming; while on the other it is witnessing economic and gender empowerment like never before. With technology providing us with immense opportunities to advance care for the mentally ill, we are closer than ever to finding the holy-grail of psychiatry, and overcoming daunting challenges.

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“…[1] The author summarized not only the present problems (the place of psychiatry in medicine, the conceptualization of mental disorders, the problems of gradual and postgradual education, etc. ), but some promising fields of psychiatry (e.g.…”

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“…I read with a great interest this important (may be a little bit too optimistic) overview concerning the challenge and future of psychiatry. [1] The author summarized not only the present problems (the place of psychiatry in medicine, the conceptualization of mental disorders, the problems of gradual and postgradual education, etc. ), but some promising fields of psychiatry (e.g.…”