title: German wine in an American bottle: the spread of modern psychiatry in China, 1898-1949.
abstract: Modern psychiatry was first introduced to mainland China around 1900 by Western missionaries. By 1949 the field had developed gradually as a result of contact with Western psychiatry and especially its American practitioners. This paper analyses the role played by key individuals and events in this process in the years prior to 1949. It argues that modern psychiatry was introduced to China through a process of cultural adaptation in which the USA served as a bridge for German thought.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Universität Hamburg, and Institute of Medical Information, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: Wenjing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Universität Hamburg p.schmiedebach@uke.uni-hamburg.de.
authors.forename: Heinz-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Schmiedebach
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003469:Culture; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D066189:Missionaries; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States
keywords: 20th century; China; German psychiatry; USA; history; international communication; professional development; society