[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.
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. stagnaro@speedy.com.ar
Juan Carlos
JC
Stagnaro
D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000266:history*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*