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John Ercel Fryer, M.D. (November 7, 1937 – February 21, 2003) [1] was a prominent American psychiatrist and advocate for gay rights.He is most notably remembered for his impactful speech delivered anonymously at the 1972 American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual conference.
1808. German physician Johann Christian Reil coined the term "psychiatry". [9]1812. American physician Benjamin Rush became one of the earliest advocates of humane treatment for the mentally ill with the publication of Medical Inquiries and Observations, upon the Diseases of the Mind, [10] the first American textbook on psychiatry.
Adolf Meyer, former psychiatrist-in-chief at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, was the president of the American Psychiatric Association from 1927 to 1928 and was one of the most influential figures in psychiatry in the first half of the twentieth century. [29] Mark Ragins: American psychiatrist in the recovery movement, founding member of the ...
First female president of the American Psychiatric Association. [36] First female editor-in-chief of the American Psychiatric Association Press (1986). [37] First director of Partners Office for Women's Careers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (1998). [37] John A. Talbott: 1984-1985: 113th president [38] George Tarjan: 1983-1984 [39] H. Keith ...
Neuroimaging was first utilized as a tool for psychiatry in the 1980s. [59] The discovery of chlorpromazine 's effectiveness in treating schizophrenia in 1952 revolutionized treatment of the disorder, [ 60 ] as did lithium carbonate 's ability to stabilize mood highs and lows in bipolar disorder in 1948. [ 61 ]
Thomas Story Kirkbride (July 31, 1809 – December 16, 1883) was a physician, alienist, and hospital superintendent for the Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital, and primary founder of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane (AMSAII), the organizational precursor to the American Psychiatric Association.
A psychiatric history is the result of a medical process where a clinician working in the field of mental health (usually a psychiatrist) systematically records the content of an interview with a patient.
William Healy. William Healy (January 20, 1869 – March 15, 1963) was a British-American psychiatrist and criminologist who started the earliest American child guidance clinic, was a pioneer of psychoanalysis in the United States, and served as the American Orthopsychiatric Association's founding president.