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KMID : 0897520000050010072
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Journal of Korean Association of Social Psychiatry
2000 Volume.5 No. 1 p.72 ~ p.76
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History of Social Psychiatry in U.S.A.
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Chang An-Kee
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Abstract
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History of social psychiatry is to review the influences and relationships of the basic social and behavioral sciences to the field of psychiatry. The basic belief of social psychiatry is that environmental factors play an important role in the development, recognition, treatment and rehabilitation of disease. The view of social psychiatry recognizes health care systems not only by doctor-patient relationship model but also by macro-society model. In this review, I briefly described the history of the American psychiatric services. Over the last hundred years the management of mental patients in U.S.A. has changed. Treatment has shifted from mental hospital towards community care in U.S.A. In conclusion, the direction of the mental health policy is determined by the result of social consensus about mental illness and mental patients.
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KEYWORD
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Social psychiatry, History, Policy, U.S.A.
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