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Psychiatric journals and the evolution of psychological medicine*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Michael Shepherd*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
1 Address for correspondence: Professor Michael Shepherd, Institute of Psychiatry. De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF.

Synopsis

The history of psychiatric journals is outlined from their inception in the late eighteenth century. In the development of psychological medicine they serve as intellectual markers of the complex relations between institutional psychiatry, neurology, the psychosocial sciences and the psychotherapeutic movement. Their current status is briefly discussed.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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Footnotes

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Based on a contribution to a symposium on Medical Journals and Medical Knowledge held in London in October 1990, under the auspices of the British Medical Association and the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.

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