A highly sympathetic, decidedly pluralistic, somewhat reactionary, and slightly skeptical comment on Tekin’s Reclaiming the Self in Psychiatry

This paper is a contribution to a book symposium on Tekin’s Reclaiming the Self in Psychiatry. While largely sympathetic to Tekin’s critique of the medical model in mental health care, I contend that a more pluralistic perspective on mental health care supports a more sympathetic assessment of the status quo.