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Craddock, Nicholas John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2171-0610, Antebi, D., Attenburrow, M.-J., Bailey, T., Carson, A., Cowen, P., Ebmeier, K., Farmer, A., Fazel, S., Ferrier, N., Geddes, J., Goodwin, G., Harrison, P., Hawton, K., Hunter, S., Jacoby, R., Jones, Ian Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-5889, Keedwell, Paul Anthony, Kerr, Michael Patrick, Mackin, P., McGuffin, P., McIntyre, D., McConville, P., Mountain, D., O'Donovan, Michael Conlon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7073-2379, Owen, Michael John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4798-0862, Oyebode, F., Phillips, Mary Louise, Price, J., Shah, P., Smith, D. J., Walters, James Tynan Rhys ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6980-4053, Woodruff, P., Young, A. and Zammit, Stanley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2647-9211 2008. Authors' reply. The British Journal of Psychiatry 193 (6) , p. 517. 10.1192/bjp.193.6.517

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We are pleased that our article has stimulated debate. This was our intention. We are disappointed that some correspondents dismiss our argument by attacking a stereotype of who they think we are or a caricature of what they think we might have said, rather than addressing what we actually did say. Such correspondents have missed, or ignored, the point of the article – namely, to ask whether the de-medicalisation that has taken place over recent years in British psychiatry is bad for the health of patients and the specialty. We believe this is a question that is worth taking seriously. It is clear from the substantial correspondence and other feedback that many psychiatrists share our concerns and wish for constructive debate.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Publisher:	Royal College of Psychiatrists
ISSN:	0007-1250
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2023 01:05
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/28450

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