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McHugh's “A Structure for Psychiatry at the Century's Turn-The View from Johns Hopkins”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. H. S. Mindham
Affiliation:
The University of Leeds, 15 Hyde Terrace, Leeds LS2 9LT
J. G. Scadding
Affiliation:
18 Seagrave Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 15U
H. G. Morgan
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, University of Bristol, 39–41 St Michael's Hill, Bristol BS2 8DZ

Abstract

“I have three specific aims: firstly, to review some of the concepts supporting contemporary American (USA) Psychiatry; secondly, to explain the origins, strengths and frailties of these particular foundations; and thirdly, to provide examples of activity in the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine that intends to both revise and restructure these foundations in ways that enhance teaching, practice, and research.”

Type
The Current Literature
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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