"Doing Psychiatry" explores the history of European psychiatry in the second half of the 20th century, offering a new perspective on the practices that contributed to the reshaping of the mental health field. By examining cases from various European countries, readers can appreciate how new approaches helped transform the field, overcoming clichés such as deinstitutionalization, neuroleptic prescription, and patient centrality, as well as surpassing the conventions of the asylum era. Through a variety of sources and often with an eye on small-scale perspectives, the chapters examine how new practices emerged and were established, facing resistance, injecting new purposes, and broadening the fields of psychiatric specialization, thereby blurring its previously defined boundaries.