The History and Influence of the American Psychiatric Association

The History and Influence of the American Psychiatric Association

by Walter E. Barton

400 pages· 1987· ISBN 9780880482318
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Beginning with the history of mental health care in the 1840s -- before the advent of organized psychiatry -- this book traces the development of the profession and the subsequent care of its patients. The History and Influence of the American Psychiatric Association covers the impact on psychiatry of historical events such as the Civil War, communist expansion, and the civil rights movement.

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