[Embeddedness of psychiatry in human society].
The problem of deviant behaviour disturbing the life of human communities is as old as history itself. The interpretation and social management of extreme (deviant) behaviour elicited religious, medical and policing reactions from the community. These three ways of discourse have accompanied societies along the history of mankind, and their relative significance has been variable. The medical interpretation achieved its independence relatively late, and has been pushed back again in our age. Governments impose financial restrictions on the expansion of health services. The institutions dealing with mental disorders are especially affected by these restrictions. On the other hand, the social and police management of mental disorders burdens societies with higher costs than those of the health care system.
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Semmelweis Egyetem, Pszichiatriai es Pszichoterapias Klinika, 1083 Budapest, Balassa u 6, Hungary.
D003415:Crime; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders; D011570:Psychiatry; D012067:Religion; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders