title: Reduction in psychiatry.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the doctrine of reductionism in psychiatry.
  
  
  METHODS
  A selective review of the literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two arguments offered in support of reduction in psychiatry are presented and found to be unsatisfactory. An argument supporting skepticism about reduction is described.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Currently, there is little reason to think that any significant portion of psychiatric theory will be reduced to neuroscience or genetics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. ian.gold@mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gold
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D005544:Forecasting; D005824:Genetics, Behavioral / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D009446:Neurobiology / Q000639:trends; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000639:trends*; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000639:trends*