The historical development of psychiatry in South Africa since 1652

South African Journal of Psychiatry

 
 
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Title The historical development of psychiatry in South Africa since 1652
 
Creator Gillis, Lynn
 
Subject Psychiatry — —
Description The history of psychiatry in South Africa stretches back to the first settlement by Europeans in the Cape of Good Hope in 1652. Its development falls into 3 phases with some overlaps. The first was a period of expediency and restraint during the early stages of the occupation of the Cape by the Dutch East India Company; the second, which could be called the psychiatric hospital era, was under the control of the British from the earlier part of the 19th century towards the beginning of the 20th century; and the third, broadly speaking, is the modern period since then. This article traces major developments over these 5 centuries to the present time, when psychiatry has become a highly evolved modern medical discipline.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2012-08-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format application/pdf text/html
Identifier 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v18i3.355
 
Source South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 18, No 3 (2012); 5 2078-6786 1608-9685
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2012 Lynn Gillis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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