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A Contemporary History of Psychiatry

The book traces the development of psychiatry from the early 1800s until today, the main focus resting upon the post - WW 2 period. Professor Kringlen shows how cultural and political events, together with findings from psychiatric research and other advances in the area, have affected the medical paradigm. He makes a case, for instance, for a connection between contemporary cultural tides and the emergence of psychoanalysis in the US. He also gives an account of the impact that American and, to some extent, British psychiatry has had on European psychiatric thinking. A well-written book, richly illustrated with stirring photos.

"...packed with powerful messages" (Aftenposten)

Contents:
Chapter 1: Psychiatry before WWI
Chapter 2: Psychiatry during and after WWII
Chapter 3: Social psychiatry an the psychopharmacological "revolution"
Chapter 4: Psychiatry distances itself from medicine
Chapter 5: The new biological turn
Chapter 6: An outline of the evolution of child psychiatry

First published: 2001, Universitetsforlaget

Languages: Danish (Hans Reitzel)

Einar Kringlen: Biography and bibliography