title: [Social targets of psychiatry].
abstract: The challenge and political implications of public health problems invite psychiatrists to a better self declaration and explanation of what they do and what they want. The author discusses questions concerning the mandate, therapeutic goals, patients' selection and utilisation of therapeutic potentials in psychiatry.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D008603:Mental Health; D011570:Psychiatry; D012941:Social Responsibility
vernacular_title: Gesellschaftliche Zielsetzungen psychiatrischer.