title: Psychiatry and the rhetoric of models.
abstract: The term "medical model" has been increasingly used in discussions about the future course of psychiatry. The author examines various types of models and suggests that "medical model" is a rhetorical device which tends to obscure many important issues. He suggests that psychiatry avoid overrestricting its area of expertise.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011570:Psychiatry