Difference between revisions of "Timeline of psychiatry"
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| − | | 19th century || "Psychiatry got its name as a medical specialty in the early 1800s. For the first century of its existence, the field concerned itself with severely disordered individuals confined to asylums or hospitals. These patients were generally psychotic, severely depressed or manic, or suffered conditions we would now recognize as medical: dementia, brain tumors, seizures, hypothyroidism, etc. " | + | | 19th century || "Psychiatry got its name as a medical specialty in the early 1800s. For the first century of its existence, the field concerned itself with severely disordered individuals confined to asylums or hospitals. These patients were generally psychotic, severely depressed or manic, or suffered conditions we would now recognize as medical: dementia, brain tumors, seizures, hypothyroidism, etc. "<ref name="A brief history of psychiatry"/> |
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| − | | 20th century || Around the turn of the century, {{w|Sigmund Freud}} publishes theories on the unconscious roots of some of these less severe disorders, which he terms psycho-neuroses. {{w|Psychoanalysis}} is the dominant paradigm in outpatient psychiatry for the first half of the century. By the late 1950s and early 1960s, new medications begin to change the face of psychiatry. | + | | 20th century || Around the turn of the century, {{w|Sigmund Freud}} publishes theories on the unconscious roots of some of these less severe disorders, which he terms psycho-neuroses. {{w|Psychoanalysis}} is the dominant paradigm in outpatient psychiatry for the first half of the century. By the late 1950s and early 1960s, new medications begin to change the face of psychiatry.<ref name="A brief history of psychiatry"/> |
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| + | | 21st century || Pharmaceutical innovation dries up in the 2000s, with no new classes of medication or blockbuster psychiatric drugs being discovered.<ref name="A brief history of psychiatry">{{cite web |title=A brief history of psychiatry |url=http://www.stevenreidbordmd.com/history-of-psychiatry/ |website=stevenreidbordmd.com |accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| 1952 || || {{w|Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders}} || | | 1952 || || {{w|Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders}} || | ||
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| − | | 1987 || || {{w|Prozac}} is released. || | + | | 1987 || || {{w|Prozac}} is released.<ref name="A brief history of psychiatry"/> || |
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| − | | 1990s || || The U.S. {{w|National Institute of Mental Health}} declares the 1990s the Decade of the Brain "to enhance public awareness of the benefits to be derived from brain research." || {{w|United States}} | + | | 1990s || || The U.S. {{w|National Institute of Mental Health}} declares the 1990s the Decade of the Brain "to enhance public awareness of the benefits to be derived from brain research."<ref name="A brief history of psychiatry"/> || {{w|United States}} |
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Revision as of 15:37, 4 September 2018
This is a timeline of psychiatry.
Contents
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
|---|---|
| 19th century | "Psychiatry got its name as a medical specialty in the early 1800s. For the first century of its existence, the field concerned itself with severely disordered individuals confined to asylums or hospitals. These patients were generally psychotic, severely depressed or manic, or suffered conditions we would now recognize as medical: dementia, brain tumors, seizures, hypothyroidism, etc. "[1] |
| 20th century | Around the turn of the century, Sigmund Freud publishes theories on the unconscious roots of some of these less severe disorders, which he terms psycho-neuroses. Psychoanalysis is the dominant paradigm in outpatient psychiatry for the first half of the century. By the late 1950s and early 1960s, new medications begin to change the face of psychiatry.[1] |
| 21st century | Pharmaceutical innovation dries up in the 2000s, with no new classes of medication or blockbuster psychiatric drugs being discovered.[1] |
Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders | ||
| 1987 | Prozac is released.[1] | ||
| 1990s | The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health declares the 1990s the Decade of the Brain "to enhance public awareness of the benefits to be derived from brain research."[1] | United States |
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