title: [The early history of child and adolescent psychiatry. A review of research on historical aspects of the concepts of child psychiatric thought and processes].
abstract: This sociohistorical essay attempts to trace back to the enlightenment the roots of contemporary child psychiatry. Five examples are used for illustrative purposes: the emergence of the concepts of human development, classification, compensation for deficits and psychohygiene (now mental hygiene), and the problems arising from the differentiation of schooling. Historical considerations provide numerous reasons for regarding child psychiatry as a medical specialty. These arguments would seem to outweight any need, deriving from economic pressure, to defend this field as an entity separate from its "parent disciplines" (pediatrics, psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine).
mesh_terms: D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century
vernacular_title: Zur Vorgeschichte der Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie. Eine Ubersicht zur Erforschung ideengeschichtlicher Aspekte kinderpsychiatrischen Denkens und Handelns.