Important developments in psychiatry

From a survey of mental health experts, Mark Micale has produced a list of the 12 most important changes in American psychiatry since World War II (see article).

1. The ‘psychopharmacology revolution’ of the 1950s.
   
2. Deinstitutionalization, or the movement of massive numbers of psychiatric patients out of state asylums into community health care facilities.
3. The ‘decline and fall’ of psychoanalysis.
4. Shifts in the practice of psychotherapy from psychiatrists to non-medical professionals, especially clinical psychologists and clinical social workers.
5. The rise of a vast scientific research programme, including massive institutional and financial resources, for studying the neurochemistry and neurobiology of mental illness.
6. The introduction and widespread adoption since the 1980s of a new generation of antianxiety and anti-depressant compounds, especially the so-called SSRIs such as Prozac (fluoxetine).
7. A steady increase in the influence of the pharmacology industry throughout the psychiatric profession (e.g. ‘big pharma’).
8. The growth in influence of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
9. The multiplication of ‘new’ diagnoses.
10. The de-pathologizing of homosexuality
11. The emergence or expansion of particular subfields of psychiatry, most notably geriatric psychiatry and child psychiatry
12. The changing role of the mental health insurance industry and the coming of a managed care model of health services
    

Heh, critical psychiatry, or even anti-psychiatry, isn't important! And, young people mention mental health blogging, which doesn't feature in the main list. So, perhaps I should go on with this blog.