Psychiatric journals and the evolution of psychological medicine.
The history of psychiatric journals is outlined from their inception in the late eighteenth century. In the development of psychological medicine they serve as intellectual markers of the complex relations between institutional psychiatry, neurology, the psychosocial sciences and the psychotherapeutic movement. Their current status is briefly discussed.
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Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London.
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