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Profiles in History of Neuroscience and Psychiatry Publisher



Folsom TD1 ; Merz A2 ; Grant JE3 ; Fatemi N4 ; Ali Fatemi S5 ; Hossein Fatemi S6
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  1. 1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, United States
  2. 2. Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL, United States
  3. 3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
  4. 4. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
  5. 5. Farabi Hospital, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, 420 Delaware St SE, MMC 392, Minneapolis, 55455, MN, United States

Source: The Medical Basis of Psychiatry: Fourth Edition Published:2016


Abstract

From the work of physicians, anatomists, and philosophers from the Medieval and Renaissance eras to the vast expansion of knowledge on brain anatomy and functioning during the 19th and early 20th century to the development of more refined treatments (particularly pharmacologic treatments), diagnostic criteria, and imaging techniques of the past 70 years, the history of psychiatry and neuroscience is a fascinating subject. This chapter profiles 82 historical and contemporary psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and scientists who have made substantial contributions to the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders. © 2016 Springer Science+Business Media New York. All rights reserved.