The Stabilization of Psychiatric Diagnosis: Psychotropic Drugs as Boundary Objects
This paper examines psychiatric diagnosis-making within biomedicine, as studies in this field, especially empirical ones, have attracted little attention throughout the scientific world. The widely accepted assertion, that diagnosis is the result of clinical judgement, will be discussed. Through ana...
- Autores:
- Tipo de recurso:
- article
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2016
- Institución:
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio Universidad Javeriana
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.javeriana.edu.co:10554/32940
- Acceso en línea:
- http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/10744
http://hdl.handle.net/10554/32940
- Palabra clave:
- psicología; psicología social
diagnóstico psiquiátrico; biomedicine; objetos frontera; psicofármacos
psychology; social psychology
psychiatric diagnosis; biomedicine; boundary objects; psychotropic drugs
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Copyright (c) 2016 Universitas Psychologica
| Summary: | This paper examines psychiatric diagnosis-making within biomedicine, as studies in this field, especially empirical ones, have attracted little attention throughout the scientific world. The widely accepted assertion, that diagnosis is the result of clinical judgement, will be discussed. Through analysis of a case study conducted in a Barcelona hospital, it will be suggested that psychiatric diagnosis is not only the result of clinical assessment, but also of psychotropic drugs translation. Drawing on actor-network theory and the notion of boundary objects established by Star and Griesemer (1989), it is therefore proposed that psychotropic drugs are boundary objects which act as central mediators in knowledge management, setting up the semioticmaterial assemblage of diagnosis. |
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