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The History of Psychiatry in Residency Training: Report of Survey II

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.834

Early in 1967, 100 teaching centers in the United States and Canada were surveyed by questionnaire in regard to their attitudes and practices in teaching the history of psychiatry. Eighty-seven responded. Many of the centers had been included in a similar study in 1961. Forty-four U. S. centers, and two Canadian, report that they are now offering courses in historical psychiatry—twice as many as in 1961. Average curriculum time is about 20 hours.

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