title: Isaac Ray and the development of American psychiatry and the law.
abstract: This article on historical aspects of forensic psychiatry focuses on the work of Isaac Ray, the father of American forensic psychiatry and places current issues in proper perspective. Dr. Quen, a leading forensic psychiatry historian, provides a comprehensive background to this symposium on psychiatry and the law.
mesh_terms: D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000266:history; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense / Q000266:history; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States