title: [The psychiatric diagnostic task].
abstract: When glancing through the works of different authors, two different modes--related to a predominance of either the naturalistic believes, or the crisis thereof--can be detected. Of both modes, the former devised diagnosis as aimed at a cognitive goal yielding a kind of "photograph" of symptoms and signs that had been scrutinized. The latter devised diagnosis as a task that had to be undertaken. The main points of both trends are reviewed.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Saurí
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: La tarea diagnóstica psiquiátrica.