title: [Psychiatry as a practical science : Considerations following Wolfgang Wieland (1933-2015)].
abstract: In the light of historical and modern criticism of the discipline of psychiatry and psychotherapy as a medical subspecialty, this paper deals with aspects of the theory of medicine as postulated by the physician and philosopher Wolfgang Wieland. According to his contributions medicine is a practical science aiming at establishing rational action. Central to this model is a diagnosis, which helps to subsume individual cases under general principles from which essential therapeutic options can be derived. Hence, psychiatry and psychotherapy become a medical subspecialty by adopting the basic model of medical reasoning and action as described by Wieland. Nevertheless, the limits of such an approach must be taken into consideration. Especially in a psychiatric and psychotherapeutic context it is of particular importance that even when being guided by general principles the responsibility for the personality of each individual patient should be adequately met. Furthermore, attention should be paid to the limits of the subspecialty of psychiatry and psychotherapy as a medical discipline, which also requires a critical analysis of the concept of psychiatric illness.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie II der Universität Ulm, Bezirkskrankenhaus Günzburg, Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Str. 2, 89312, Günzburg, Deutschland. Markus.Jaeger@bkh-guenzburg.de.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jäger
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie II der Universität Ulm, Bezirkskrankenhaus Günzburg, Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Str. 2, 89312, Günzburg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Wigand
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie II der Universität Ulm, Bezirkskrankenhaus Günzburg, Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Str. 2, 89312, Günzburg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000266:history*; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*
keywords: Diagnosis; Disease; Evidence-based medicine; Psychiatry; Psychotherapy
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