Having as a start the emergence of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM-III) in the 80's, mark of transformations in psychiatric clinic, the author aims to analyze the relationship between discourses and practices of the Biological Psychiatry and their effects in production and subjectivity processes. Taking as reference Foucault's theory which states that medicine is a biopolitic strategy, we intended to describe the process of body management and medicalization of health as controlling forms which represent biopower nowadays.

Biological psychiatry's discourses and practices impact production and subjectivity processes, transforming medicine into a biopolitic strategy and controlling forms of biopower.

Biopsiquiatria e bioidentidade: política da subjetividade contemporânea

Key Takeaway: Biological psychiatry's discourses and practices impact production and subjectivity processes, transforming medicine into a biopolitic strategy and controlling forms of biopower.