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The article explains how concerns with matters of crime were very important to the development of psychiatry. in the first half of the 19th century. It also how explains how psychological thinking was important to the development of psychiatry, in particular ideas about the relationship between psychological disorder and crime. The pressure of public opinion pushed psychiatry back towards more medical ideas.
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This paper presents a better understanding of the history of psychiatry that helps us understand the current dilemmas faced by the profession of psychiatry.
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More attention needs to be paid to the history of psychiatry, in particular 2 significant points - 1. concern with matters of crime and violence have been important to the development of the profession. 2. Psychological theorisation, was important at the beginning of the profession.
David Jones
Open University
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This page is a summary of: Moral insanity and psychological disorder: the hybrid roots of psychiatry, History of Psychiatry, April 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0957154x17702316.
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