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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 126, No. 12

Articles | June 01, 1970

Swedish and American Psychiatry: A Comparative View

JORDAN H. LACHMAN

Am J Psychiatry 1970;126:1777-1781.

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Department of psychiatry, Frösö-Östersund Hospital, 83000 Östersund, Sweden

1970, American Psychiatric Association

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A service of the government, Swedish psychiatry is more a part of traditional somatic medicine than in America, and the psychiatrist's role is more that of a symptom remover than a problem solver. Having missed the era of individual, dynamic psychotherapy. Sweden is working out its mental health problems in a social and community perspective.

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