The Problem of the Psychopharmacologist

Autor/inn/en	Kontos, Nicholas; Querques, John; Freudenreich, Oliver
Titel	The Problem of the Psychopharmacologist
Quelle	In: Academic Psychiatry, 30 (2006) 3, S.218-226 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-9670
DOI	10.1176/appi.ap.30.3.218
Schlagwörter	Psychiatry; Patients; Teaching Methods; Pharmacology; Medical Students; Graduate Students; Role; Drug Use; Molecular Biology; Graduate Medical Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychiatrie; Patient; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Arzneikunde; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Rollen; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Molekularbiologie
Abstract	Objective: The psychopharmacologist designation currently pervades and heavily influences the practice, perception, and teaching of clinical psychiatry. The authors hope to make a case and provide the raw material for informed discussion of this role during psychiatric residency training. Method: A definition for the psychopharmacologist is sought. Historical trends in psychiatry which contributed most to its evolution are explored. Problems of the psychopharmacologist role are delineated. Extant solutions to psychiatry's problematic adaptation to an increasingly biological clinical role are critiqued, and a more effective one is pursued. Results: The term psychopharmacologist seems linked to presumed scientific and medical approaches, a goal of symptom relief through medication, and often other providers who are considered patients' "primary" treaters. The role derives largely from economic and remedicalization trends. Aspects of disengagement are determined to form the core problem of the psychopharmacologist. The authors propose that psychiatry is defined by its practice of the medical model and call attention to three areas where the psychopharmacologist role and the medical model collide. Conclusions: Engaging psychiatric residents in a new dialogue about their role as physician will challenge the previously unquestioned psychopharmacologist categorization, begin to address its problems, and bring a vital element to trainees' professional identity development. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10