PROGRESSIVE PSYCHIATRY - A RESEARCH AGENDA

It is possible to create a new research agenda based on an alternative perspective of human behavior and mind. After describing the theoreti cal tenets of this alternative perspective, illustrations of a new res earch agenda are presented. Such a research agenda would: (1) create n ew points of departure; (2) examine social relations underlying all va riables; (3) more fully explore ''unexplained variance;'' (4) focus on the adaptive interaction of individuals within their world. Such rese arch aims towards enhancing human uniqueness, action, and spirit.