The History of Psychiatry from the Patient's Viewpoint
PETER BUCKLEY M.B., CH.B.1, and
FRED SANDER M.D.2
1 Clinical Instructor, Departments of Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y. 10461
2 Assistant Clinical Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y. 10461
The authors describe a course in the history of psychiatry in which patients' autobiographies are used to illustrate different eras and approaches to the treatment of the mentaly ill. They feel that this approach highlights recurrent historical themes and provides a perspective on the present transitional state of psychiatry.
