Psychiatry for the person.
OBJECTIVE
This review considers much recent work focused around the Psychiatry for the Person Programme of the World Psychiatric Association. Yet we have also considered the wider medical context, based on recent publications familiar to us in the fields of ethics, religion, spirituality and person-centred medicine as well as 'medicine of the person' as developed by Tournier.


RESULTS
There is an urgent need for evaluative outcome studies of person-centred care, including the narratives of service users, rigorous scientific methods and new conceptual models; and for a reformulation of the bio-psychosocial model to incorporate new knowledge in the neurosciences, philosophy, anthropology, ethics and theology.


CONCLUSIONS
We suggest that a biosocial/psychospiritual (BSPS) approach to relationship-based healthcare should be more actively considered.
Cox
John L
JL
University of Keele, UK. john1.cox@virgin.net
Gray
Alison J
AJ
D006801:Humans; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D029181:Spirituality