# Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/historical-psychiatry-and-medical-practices/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 178,395 |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the historical development of psychiatry and mental health, covering topics such as psychopharmacology, colonial psychiatry, patient experience, deinstitutionalization, and social psychiatry. It delves into the evolution of psychiatric treatment, the impact of historical events on mental health care, and the changing perceptions of mental illness over time. |
| Domain | Social Sciences |
| Field | Psychology |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T12666 |
| Works | 55,081 |

## Topic papers all

- [The founders of child neurology](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-founders-of-child-neurology/)
- [An overview of Uganda's mental health care system: results from an assessment using the world health organization's assessment instrument for mental health systems (WHO-AIMS)](https://scholariq.org/papers/an-overview-of-uganda-s-mental-health-care-system-results-from-an-assessment/)
- [Manic-Depressive Illness: Evolution in Kraepelin's Textbook , 1883–1926](https://scholariq.org/papers/manic-depressive-illness-evolution-in-kraepelin-s-textbook-1883-1926/)

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Theo Vos](https://scholariq.org/researchers/theo-vos/)
- [Michel Foucault](https://scholariq.org/researchers/michel-foucault/)
- [Lars Jacob Stovner](https://scholariq.org/researchers/lars-jacob-stovner/)
- [Timothy J. Steiner](https://scholariq.org/researchers/timothy-j-steiner/)
- [Anselm Strauss](https://scholariq.org/researchers/anselm-strauss/)
- [Sigmund Freud](https://scholariq.org/researchers/sigmund-freud/)
- [Glyn Lewis](https://scholariq.org/researchers/glyn-lewis/)
- [Gilles Deleuze](https://scholariq.org/researchers/gilles-deleuze/)
- [Harold G. Koenig](https://scholariq.org/researchers/harold-g-koenig/)
- [Nikolas Rose](https://scholariq.org/researchers/nikolas-rose/)
- [Arthur Kleinman](https://scholariq.org/researchers/arthur-kleinman/)
- [John S. Strauss](https://scholariq.org/researchers/john-s-strauss/)

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