[The social aspect within the dimensions and exigencies of contemporary psychiatry].

The social psychiatry is a necessary medical dimension in our contemporary world. The analysis of the concepts fundamenting the social psychiatry draws the attention upon certain different considerations regarding its value, limits and methods of medical care delivery. In this respect the author comments on the contribution brought about by the School of Psychiatry of "Socola" in the sequel of several periods of time according to certain social mutations and the dynamics of health status of population. The author analyses within this context his own contribution to the competence of contemporary relational psychiatry for the present day problems of mental health and inherently the level and the forms of participation of population according to its structure and community motivations.