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Aftercare of the Psychiatric Patient: An 1847 View

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.5.694

Dr. F. Koestl, in 1847, wrote of the necessity of dignified attitudes toward, and proper aftercare facilities for, recovered and recovering mental patients. His 196-page book, written 121 years ago, anticipated some of modern psychiatry's ideas regarding aftercare and social readjustment.

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