Twenty-five Years of Hospital and Community Psychiatry: 1945-1970
Abstract
The author, the first medical director of the American Psychiatric Association and APA president in 1964-65, presents a historical review of the 25 years between 1945 and 1970, a period in which there was a reawakening of interest in the mentally ill and mentally retarded after years of neglect. He lists major landmarks in mental health care during those years, describes the first Mental Hospital Institute held by the American Psychiatric Association in 1949, and presents an anecdotal footnote about the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health.
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