Social psychiatry is a branch of
psychiatry that focuses on the interpersonal and cultural context of mental disorder and mental wellbeing. It involves a sometimes disparate set of theories and approaches, with work stretching from
epidemiological survey research on the one hand, to an indistinct boundary with individual or group
psychotherapy on the other. Social psychiatry combines a medical training and perspective with fields such as
social anthropology,
social psychology,
cultural psychiatry,
sociology and other disciplines relating to mental distress and disorder. Social psychiatry has been particularly associated with the development of
therapeutic communities, and to highlighting the effect of
socioeconomic factors on mental illness. Social psychiatry can be contrasted with
biopsychiatry, with the latter focused on genetics, brain neurochemistry and medication. Social Psychiatry was the dominant form of psychiatry for periods of the 20th century but is currently less visible than biopsychiatry.
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