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CHAPTER V. Benjamin Rush—the Father of American Psychiatry

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. CONTENTS VII
  3. INTRODUCTION XI
  4. Foreword XVII
  5. CHAPTER I. Prophets, Demons and Witches 1
  6. CHAPTER II .Colonial America: the Old World Heritage 24
  7. CHAPTER III. Colonial Provision for the Mentally Ill: Punishment, Repression and Indifference 39
  8. CHAPTER IV .Rational Humanitarianism : the Beginnings of Reform 55
  9. CHAPTER V. Benjamin Rush—the Father of American Psychiatry 72
  10. CHAPTER VI .The Rise of Moral Treatment 88
  11. CHAPTER VII .Retrogression: Over the Hill to the Poorhouse 114
  12. CHAPTER VIII. The Cult of Curability and the Rise of State Institutions 132
  13. CHAPTER IX. Dorothea Lynde Dix—Militant Crusader 158
  14. CHAPTER Χ. Mid-Century Psychiatrists 186
  15. CHAPTER XI. Conflict of Theories : Restraint or Non- Restraint? 213
  16. CHAPTER XII. The Trend Toward State Care 229
  17. CHAPTER XIII. State Care: Exodus from the Poorhouse 246
  18. CHAPTER XIV. Psychiatry Emerges from Isolation 272
  19. CHAPTER XV. The Mental Hygiene Movement and Its Founder 300
  20. CHAPTER XVI .Historical Backgrounds of Mental Defect 331
  21. CHAPTER XVII. Changing Concepts in Mental Defect 353
  22. CHAPTER XVIII. Insanity and the Criminal Law 386
  23. CHAPTER XIX. Our Commitment Laws 417
  24. CHAPTER XXI. Towards Mental Hygiene 463
  25. BIBLIOGRAPHY 497
  26. INDEX 515
The Mentally Ill in America
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https://doi.org/10.7312/deut93794-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. CONTENTS VII
  3. INTRODUCTION XI
  4. Foreword XVII
  5. CHAPTER I. Prophets, Demons and Witches 1
  6. CHAPTER II .Colonial America: the Old World Heritage 24
  7. CHAPTER III. Colonial Provision for the Mentally Ill: Punishment, Repression and Indifference 39
  8. CHAPTER IV .Rational Humanitarianism : the Beginnings of Reform 55
  9. CHAPTER V. Benjamin Rush—the Father of American Psychiatry 72
  10. CHAPTER VI .The Rise of Moral Treatment 88
  11. CHAPTER VII .Retrogression: Over the Hill to the Poorhouse 114
  12. CHAPTER VIII. The Cult of Curability and the Rise of State Institutions 132
  13. CHAPTER IX. Dorothea Lynde Dix—Militant Crusader 158
  14. CHAPTER Χ. Mid-Century Psychiatrists 186
  15. CHAPTER XI. Conflict of Theories : Restraint or Non- Restraint? 213
  16. CHAPTER XII. The Trend Toward State Care 229
  17. CHAPTER XIII. State Care: Exodus from the Poorhouse 246
  18. CHAPTER XIV. Psychiatry Emerges from Isolation 272
  19. CHAPTER XV. The Mental Hygiene Movement and Its Founder 300
  20. CHAPTER XVI .Historical Backgrounds of Mental Defect 331
  21. CHAPTER XVII. Changing Concepts in Mental Defect 353
  22. CHAPTER XVIII. Insanity and the Criminal Law 386
  23. CHAPTER XIX. Our Commitment Laws 417
  24. CHAPTER XXI. Towards Mental Hygiene 463
  25. BIBLIOGRAPHY 497
  26. INDEX 515
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