Science and the Psychiatric Publishing Industry
Author: McLaren, Niall
Source: Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 11, Number 1, 2009 , pp. 29-36(8)
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
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Abstract:
Objective: An empirical examination of the scientific status of psychiatry. Method and Results: Analysis of the publications policy of the major English-language psychiatric journals shows that no journal meets the minimum criteria for a scientific publishing policy. Conclusion: Psychiatry lacks the fundamental elements of any field claiming to be a science. Furthermore, its present policies are likely to inhibit scientific development of models of mental disorder rather than facilitate them. The psychiatric publishing industry is in urgent need of radical reform.Keywords: PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING; SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE; PSYCHIATRY AS PROTOSCIENCE; SELF-DECEPTION IN PSYCHIATRY
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1891/1559-4343.11.1.29
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