title: The establishment of the department of psychiatry in the Mount Sinai Hospital: a conflict between neurology and psychiatry.
abstract: A conflict between neurology and psychiatry and controversies about psychoanalysis played an important role in the establishment of psychiatry in the general hospital. This article reviews the impact of this conflict on the establishment of an independent Department of Psychiatry in the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York during the first half of the twentieth century. A unique opportunity is provided to consider the relationships and personalities of the individuals involved, as well as economic, social, and scientific factors, including the introduction of psychoanalysis as a major psychiatric treatment.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Marvin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000266:history; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D009518:New York; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000266:history*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history