title: [Some reflections on evidence based psychiatry and its impact on contemporary psychiatry].
abstract: In this work, the proposal of evidence based psychiatry (EBP) is presented together with a critical reflection about its paradigmatic perspective, taking into account Thomas S. Khun's epistemological lineaments. It is also shown how blurring of language in its approximation to the human behavioral disorders is EBP point of major inconsistency, as demonstrates a marked epistemological reductionism. Finally, consequences of its restrictive employment both to psychiatrists teaching and to the treatments they provide to their patients are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Capítulo de Epistemología e Historia de la Psiquiatría-APSA, Hospital José T. Borda.
authors.forename: Norberto A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Conti
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*