The History Of Psychiatry Timeline
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Bedlam Hospital (London)
14031st Psychiatric Ward - Boston
1729Nervous Ilness
1733term used rather than mental illness to not freak out patients
1st US Psychiatric Hospital
1773First Biological Psychiatry
1800psychiatric focus based on the brain
Rise of the Therapeutic Asylum
1800 - 1900Setting
Doctor-Patient Relationship
Dr. David Cooper
1842 - 1845Dr. Green abolished all restraints on patients (chains)
1845Dr. Thomas A. Green
1845 - 1879Sigmund Freud
1856 - 1939Dorothea L. Dix visits Milledgeville
1858More attention turned on alcoholics
1859Pressures of war felt (Costs increase)
1861Insane African American Problem
1866Black patient kills white attendant with axe
1869Four physicians for 448 patients
1872Hospital under repair
1872Annual budget approaches $100,000 for 600 patients
1873Lunatic Asylum free to all state citizens
1877Dr. Green Dies
1879Dr. Theophilus Orgain Powell
1879 - 1907Patient Pop. 748
187911/1/1882 First Building at Central State Milledgeville erected
11/1/1882Law passes: 125 patients allowed to go home if incurable and harmless
1886John Hopkins University Hospital
1889Hospital considered model of efficiency
1891Emil Kraepelin
1895psychiatric text books
New buildings completed to accommodate 900+ patients
1895US Psychoanalysis (Freud)
1896 - 1909Infirmary wards open in all buildings
1897Patients receive surgical care, if needed
1898Almost 1000 patients a year were admitted
19063,148 patients occupy hospital
1907Dr. L.M. Jones
1907 - 1922T.O. Powell Dies Aug 18th
1907Histories and observations of patients compiled
1909Karl Meyer
1910 - 1913taught pathology at Veterinary School of Pennsylvania
American Psychiatric Association
1911Hydrotherapy introduced as treatment and punishment
1918Deep sleep Therapy invented
1920Dr. Jones dies
1922Dr. R.C. Swint
1922 - 1935Classes from Emory: Univ. Georgia invited to visit institution
1924First social worker hired: Miss Cecile Humphrey
1927Georgia State Sanitarium changes name to Milledgeville State Hospital
1929European Psychologists came to the US to escape Nazi Germany
1930Insulin Shock Therapy invented
1933Cardiazol Shock Therapy invented
1934Dr. Swint Dismissed for political reasons
1934Use of Malaria to treat paretics
1934Dr. John W. Oden
1935 - 1941Lobotomy invented
1936Modification in admitting alcoholic patients
1936Electroconvulsive Therapy (ETC) Invented
1938Nazi T4 Program
1939 - 1945Patient population 9,000 and increasing
1940T-shaped buildings completed
1940Tuberculosis plant finest in the world
1940Dr. L.P.Longino
1941 - 1944Electroshock tried on select female patients
1941Oden fired over the radio
1941Physician problem was acute (too few doctors)
1942Dr. Longino resigns due to ill health
1943Dr. Y.H.Yarbrough
1944 - 1948Public speculation on treatment of patients begins
1944Advances in Antibiotics
1945Malaria laboratory founded
1946The National Institute for Mental Health created by Mental Health Act of 1946
1946Attempted mass breakout thwarted
1948Dec. Dr. S.A. Anderson appointed superintendant but fired after 22 days
1948Dr. T.G. Peacock
1948 - 1952Yarbrough is asked to be relieved of his position
1948Major restructuring of Administration causes 12 to resign
1949Dr. Peter G. Cranford appointed as Chief Clinical Psychologist
1951Dr. Peter G. Cranford is Chief Clinical Psychologist @ CSH, Georgia
1951Lobotomy tried on 125 patients, only helping 7
1951Psychodrama dept. added for group therapy
1951APA publishes first Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
1952Occupational therapy reached 750 out of 11,000
1952Psychiatric Medications
1960DSM II published
1968Second Biological Psychiatry
1970treatment based on medications