Abstract

HUERTAS, Rafael. The concept of social psychiatry and its theoretical foundations in Spain during the transition to democracy: the work of JL Martí Tusquets. Rev. Asoc. Esp. Neuropsiq. [online]. 2021, vol.41, n.140, pp.231-252.  Epub Mar 14, 2022. ISSN 2340-2733.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/s0211-57352021000200012.

This study analyses the theoretical foundations and intellectual influences of the concept of social psychiatry as put forward by the Catalan psychiatrist José Luis Martí-Tusquets in the 1970s. Through works such as Psiquiatría social [Social Psychiatry] (1976) and Enfermedad mental y entorno urbano [Mental Illness and Urban Environment] (1988), and other materials, the author's epistemological foundations, numerous perspectives and approaches are explored: the sociogenesis of mental disorders and psychiatric epidemiology (within which contributions by Antonio Seva in Zaragoza are also worth noting), the importance of social relationships and experiences, and his dialogues with antipsychiatry, cultural anthropology and psychoanalysis. We place the above within the context of university psychiatry in Barcelona, giving a broader perspective to psychiatry in late Francoism and during the Transition.

Keywords : social psychiatry; psychiatric epidemiology; group psychotherapy; José Luis Martí-Tusquets.

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