The History of Psychiatry: Its Relevance for the Psychiatrist

GEORGE MORAAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126, Number 7

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.957

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To mark the closing of the APA's 125th anniversary year, the author examines recent progress in the study of the history of psychiatry. He outlines the reasons why the historical study of attitudes toward mental illness and methods of treatment in psychiatry merit proper consideration in the training of psychiatrists, and he reviews some of the steps being taken to meet this need.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126 • Number 7 • January 1970

Pages: 957 - 967

PubMed: 4902272

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Published in print: January 1970

Published online: 1 April 2006

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GEORGE MORA

Medical director, the Astor Home for Children, Rhinebeck, N.Y., and research associate, department of history of science and medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

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The History of Psychiatry: Its Relevance for the Psychiatrist

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