Title: The peculiarities of the Scots? Scottish influences on the development of English psychiatry, 1700–1980
Abstract:This paper examines the multiple influences Scottish psychiatrists have exercised over the shape of English responses to mental illness during nearly three centuries, beginning with George Cheyne and ...This paper examines the multiple influences Scottish psychiatrists have exercised over the shape of English responses to mental illness during nearly three centuries, beginning with George Cheyne and ending with R.D. Laing. Scotland’s distinctive response to mental illness was largely ignored until recently, as though it had simply followed the English path. The neglect has begun to be rectified, but the powerful influence of the Scots on developments south of the border requires more sustained attention than it has received hitherto.Read More
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-11-29
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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