Les métamorphoses de la preuve dans le champ psychiatrique
This paper contributes to the study of psychiatry’s contemporary transformations by analyzing the structure and form of the scientific literature in the field psychopharmacology. It highlights three main periods: (1) the “golden age” of the major discoveries (lithium, chlorpromazine, imipramine), wh...
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| Language: | fra |
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Société d'Anthropologie des Connaissances
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/rac/4493 |
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| Summary: | This paper contributes to the study of psychiatry’s contemporary transformations by analyzing the structure and form of the scientific literature in the field psychopharmacology. It highlights three main periods: (1) the “golden age” of the major discoveries (lithium, chlorpromazine, imipramine), which are reported through case-by-case clinical descriptions; (2) the emergence of the randomized controlled trial and the growing importance of a strict methodology attempting to avoid the uncertainty and biases of the clinical work; (3) the recent years, characterized by a competition between similar molecules, the development of meta-analytical methods and a growing opacity of the published literature for the clinician-reader. This contribution is part of a wider historical epistemology of clinical practice. |
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| ISSN: | 1760-5393 |