The Resource Pathologist of the mind : Adolf Meyer and the origins of American psychiatry, S.D. Lamb
Pathologist of the mind : Adolf Meyer and the origins of American psychiatry, S.D. Lamb
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- Summary
- "During the first half of the twentieth century, Adolf Meyer was the most authoritative and influential psychiatrist in the United States. In 1908, when the Johns Hopkins Hospital established the first American university clinic devoted to psychiatry--still a nascent medical specialty at the time--Meyer was selected to oversee the enterprise. The Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic opened in 1913, and Meyer served as psychiatrist-in-chief at the hospital until 1941. In Pathologist of the Mind, S. D. Lamb explores how Meyer used his powerful position to establish psychiatry as a clinical science that operated like the other academic disciplines at the country's foremost medical school. In addition to successfully arguing for a scientific and biological approach to mental illness, Meyer held extraordinary sway over state policies regarding the certification of psychiatrists. He also trained hundreds of specialists who ultimately occupied leadership positions and made significant contributions in psychiatry, neurology, experimental psychology, social work, and public health. Although historians have long recognized Meyer's authority, his concepts and methods have never before received a systematic historical analysis. His convoluted theory of "psychobiology," along with his notoriously ineffective attempts to explain it in print, continue to baffle many clinicians. Pathologist of the Mind aims to rediscover Meyerian psychiatry by eavesdropping on Meyer's informal and private conversations with his patients and colleagues. Weaving together private correspondence and uniquely detailed case histories, Lamb examines Meyer's efforts to institute a clinical science of psychiatry in the United States--one that harmonized the expectations of scientific medicine with his concept of the person as a biological organism and mental illness as an adaptive failure. The first historian ever granted access to these exceptional medical records, Lamb offers a compelling new perspective on the integral but misunderstood legacy of Adolf Meyer." -- Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 299 pages
- Contents
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- Pathology as method : Adolf Meyer's vision for a clinical science of psychiatry
- Mind as biology : Adolf Meyer's concept of psychobiology
- Unique soil in Baltimore : the Phipps Psychiatric Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital
- The baptismal child of American psychiatry : the Meyerian case history
- A wonderful center for mental orthopedics : Adolf Meyer's therapeutic experiment
- Subconscious adaptation : psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in Meyerian psychiatry
- Isbn
- 9781421414843
- Label
- Pathologist of the mind : Adolf Meyer and the origins of American psychiatry
- Title
- Pathologist of the mind
- Title remainder
- Adolf Meyer and the origins of American psychiatry
- Statement of responsibility
- S.D. Lamb
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "During the first half of the twentieth century, Adolf Meyer was the most authoritative and influential psychiatrist in the United States. In 1908, when the Johns Hopkins Hospital established the first American university clinic devoted to psychiatry--still a nascent medical specialty at the time--Meyer was selected to oversee the enterprise. The Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic opened in 1913, and Meyer served as psychiatrist-in-chief at the hospital until 1941. In Pathologist of the Mind, S. D. Lamb explores how Meyer used his powerful position to establish psychiatry as a clinical science that operated like the other academic disciplines at the country's foremost medical school. In addition to successfully arguing for a scientific and biological approach to mental illness, Meyer held extraordinary sway over state policies regarding the certification of psychiatrists. He also trained hundreds of specialists who ultimately occupied leadership positions and made significant contributions in psychiatry, neurology, experimental psychology, social work, and public health. Although historians have long recognized Meyer's authority, his concepts and methods have never before received a systematic historical analysis. His convoluted theory of "psychobiology," along with his notoriously ineffective attempts to explain it in print, continue to baffle many clinicians. Pathologist of the Mind aims to rediscover Meyerian psychiatry by eavesdropping on Meyer's informal and private conversations with his patients and colleagues. Weaving together private correspondence and uniquely detailed case histories, Lamb examines Meyer's efforts to institute a clinical science of psychiatry in the United States--one that harmonized the expectations of scientific medicine with his concept of the person as a biological organism and mental illness as an adaptive failure. The first historian ever granted access to these exceptional medical records, Lamb offers a compelling new perspective on the integral but misunderstood legacy of Adolf Meyer." -- Publisher's description
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DNLM/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lamb, S. D.
- Dewey number
- 616.89
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RC454.4
- LC item number
- .L35 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Meyer, Adolf
- Meyer, Adolf
- Psychiatry
- Psychiatry
- United States
- History, 19th Century
- History, 20th Century
- Psychotherapy
- Psychiatry
- Psychiatrie
- MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General
- USA
- Label
- Pathologist of the mind : Adolf Meyer and the origins of American psychiatry, S.D. Lamb
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- Pathology as method : Adolf Meyer's vision for a clinical science of psychiatry -- Mind as biology : Adolf Meyer's concept of psychobiology -- Unique soil in Baltimore : the Phipps Psychiatric Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital -- The baptismal child of American psychiatry : the Meyerian case history -- A wonderful center for mental orthopedics : Adolf Meyer's therapeutic experiment -- Subconscious adaptation : psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in Meyerian psychiatry
- Control code
- 1095807
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 299 pages
- Isbn
- 9781421414843
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2013048850
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781421414843
- (OCoLC)865151497
- Label
- Pathologist of the mind : Adolf Meyer and the origins of American psychiatry, S.D. Lamb
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Pathology as method : Adolf Meyer's vision for a clinical science of psychiatry -- Mind as biology : Adolf Meyer's concept of psychobiology -- Unique soil in Baltimore : the Phipps Psychiatric Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital -- The baptismal child of American psychiatry : the Meyerian case history -- A wonderful center for mental orthopedics : Adolf Meyer's therapeutic experiment -- Subconscious adaptation : psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in Meyerian psychiatry
- Control code
- 1095807
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 299 pages
- Isbn
- 9781421414843
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2013048850
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781421414843
- (OCoLC)865151497
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