[Psychiatrists and psychiatrc hospitals. From asylum to community].
The asylum, the madhouse, the hospital for insane patients, the psychiatric hospital, whenever were the names given to these institutions in the XIX th century psychatric literature, have made a mayor contribution to the definition of the psychiatry as a medical speciality. The legacy of the origins of the psychiatry as a speciality may be found at each stage of its historical evolution, articulate with the theoretical and clinical innovations.
Stagnaro
Juan Carlos
JC
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. stagnaro@speedy.com.ar
D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000266:history*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*