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oapen-20.500.12657-463032023-02-01T09:01:22Z The Making of Modern Psychiatry Chase, Ronald Science Life Sciences Biology Psychology Technology & Engineering Agriculture bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TV Agriculture & farming The field of psychiatry changed dramatically in the latter half of the nineteenth century, largely by embracing science. The transformation was most evident in Germany, where many psychiatrists began to work concurrently in the clinic and the laboratory. Some researchers sought to discover brain correlates of mental illness, while others looked to experimental psychology for insights into mental dynamics. Featured here, are the lives and works of Emil Kraepelin - often considered the founder of modern scientific psychiatry, his teacher Bernhard Gudden, and his anatomist colleague Franz Nissl. The book describes scientific findings together with the methods used; it explains why diagnoses were then (and are still now) so difficult to make; it also explores mind-brain controversies. The Making of Modern Psychiatry will inform and delight mental health professionals as well as all persons curious about the origins of modern psychiatry. 2021-01-26T04:30:34Z 2021-01-26T04:30:34Z 2018 book 9783832547189 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46303 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf Logos Verlag Berlin Logos Verlag Berlin https://doi.org/10.30819/4718 https://doi.org/10.30819/4718 1059eef5-b798-421c-b07f-c6a304d3aec8 9783832547189 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Logos Verlag Berlin open access
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The field of psychiatry changed dramatically in the latter half of the nineteenth century, largely by embracing science. The transformation was most evident in Germany, where many psychiatrists began to work concurrently in the clinic and the laboratory. Some researchers sought to discover brain correlates of mental illness, while others looked to experimental psychology for insights into mental dynamics. Featured here, are the lives and works of Emil Kraepelin - often considered the founder of modern scientific psychiatry, his teacher Bernhard Gudden, and his anatomist colleague Franz Nissl. The book describes scientific findings together with the methods used; it explains why diagnoses were then (and are still now) so difficult to make; it also explores mind-brain controversies. The Making of Modern Psychiatry will inform and delight mental health professionals as well as all persons curious about the origins of modern psychiatry.
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