What Is a Headshrinker?

Silas L. Warner, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 36, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1982.36.2.256

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This paper speculates on the origins of the slang term “headshrinker,” commonly used to designate and devalue a psychiatrist. It is concluded that the term was coined shortly after World War II. The term serves to lessen patients’ anxiety over their view of the psychiatrist’s power and magic.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 36 • Number 2 • 1982, pp. 143–286

Pages: 256 - 263

PubMed: 7102846

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Published in print: 1982, pp. 143–286

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Silas L. Warner, M.D.^†

Philadelphia, Pa.

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A version of this article was presented at the Sixth World Congress of Psychiatry, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1977.

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Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Medical School; Consultant in Psychiatry, Haverford College and Swarthmore College. Mailing address: 111 North 49th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19139.

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