title: [Notes regarding the epistemological analysis of some problems in contemporary psychiatry].
abstract: The paper has two parts. The first part offers a general presentation of Epistemology and its main currents. The second part explores an analysis of some problems in contemporary psychiatry from an epistemological viewpoint.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, UBA. santiagolevin@gmail.com
authors.forename: Santiago A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Levín
mesh_terms: D003148:Communism; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*