Hospitals, Psychiatric - History
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Monday, November 23, 2009

[Development of German child and adolescent psychiatry and the Marburg clinic]

30 Aug 2009 It took more than 100 years until child and adolescent psychiatry reached its autonomy. Its roots, however, are by far older. Psychiatry and pediatrics can be looked upon as mother disciplines. But there are also other roots outside medicine, ... Read more...

Hydrotherapy in state mental hospitals in the mid-twentieth century.

30 Jul 2009 This research describes nurses' experiences in administering "the water cure," hot or cold wet sheet packs, and continuous tub baths in state mental hospitals during the early twentieth century. Student and graduate nurses were required to ... Read more...

[Penrose's law: reality or fiction? Mental health system and the size of prison population - international overview]

10 Jul 2009 According to the Penrose's law, outlined on the basis of a comparative study of European statistics, there is an inverse relationship between the number of psychiatric beds and prison population. Based on international data, interrelationship among ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hospitals, Psychiatric - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Remembering Béla Mária (1903-1975)] 28 Sep 2009
• [Development of German child and adolescent psychiatry and the Marburg clinic] 30 Aug 2009
• Hydrotherapy in state mental hospitals in the mid-twentieth century. 30 Jul 2009
• [Penrose's law: reality or fiction? Mental health system and the size of prison population - international overview] 10 Jul 2009
• [Relationship between secular, medical and nursing knowledge in the time of Jean-Baptiste Pussin] 29 Jun 2009
• Creating order. A quantitative analysis of psychiatric practice at the Swiss mental institutions of Burghölzli and Rheinau between 1870 and 1970. 30 May 2009
• Round the bend: a brief history of mental health nursing in Victoria, Australia 1848 to 1950's. 30 May 2009
• The historical development of psychiatry in Serbia. 30 May 2009
• [Abraham Joly (1748-1812), a breaker of the hospital chains] 25 May 2009
• Samuel Alderman Lomas (1838-1901) the man with two gravestones, his brother Muscot Atkin Lomas (1840-1907) and their lives in Victorian asylums. 29 Apr 2009
• BJN 100 years ago: Care after mental illness. 30 Mar 2009
• Stigma, conscience, and science in psychiatry: past, present, and future. 30 Mar 2009
• Unlocking the door on Broadmoor. 27 Feb 2009
• Exploring the past: mental health nursing in Greece. 30 Jan 2009
• Glenside Hospital's role in the introduction of electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery to Australian psychiatry. 30 Jan 2009
• Oregon State Hospital, 1883-2008. 30 Jan 2009
• Images of the Toronto Provincial Asylum, 1846-1890. 30 Dec 2008
• The Italian Law "180" thirty years after: from the unmet needs of sick people and families the duty of a critical reflection. 30 Dec 2008
• "A brilliant and many-sided personality": Jessie Margaret Murray, founder of the Medico-Psychological Clinic. 30 Dec 2008
• The 1815 Act To Regulate Madhouses in Scotland: a reinterpretation. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Hospitals, Psychiatric'

Definition: Special hospitals which provide care to the mentally ill patient.

Descriptor UI: D006778

Alternative terms: Hospitals, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Hospitals; Hospital, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Hospital; Mental Institutions; Institution, Mental; Institutions, Mental; Mental Institution; Hospitals, Mental; Hospital, Mental; Mental Hospital; Mental Hospitals;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.421.556.508;

Technical Notes: coord IM with hosp ownership term (e.g., HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; etc.) (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geog