title: [The Netherlands Association for Psychiatry: 140 years of lurching between differentiation and integration].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Over the last 20 years the Netherlands Association for Psychiatry (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie) has undergone fundamental changes, both in its internal functioning and in its relationship to society. The 140th birthday of the Association is a fitting occasion on which to look back on its history.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  o give an overview of the Association's importance for psychiatry, psychiatrists and psychiatric care and to summarise the aspects that have continued those that have changed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary sources (the Association's archives) and additional literature were studied. results: In view of the scholarly and professional heterogeneity of the Association it is amazing that the members have never really split up into factions, the only exception being the neurologists.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Through out its history the medical identity of the Association has been the most important binding factor. Biopsychosocial generalism was undoubtedly a premise, although, in fact, major changes in emphasis did occur.
authors.affiliation: Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Cultuur van de Universiteit, Utrecht. j.l.m.vos@uu.nl
authors.forename: J L M
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vos
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends