History of psychiatry, patients and hospitals

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Abstract
The studies and commentaries discussed in this paper reveal the depth and range of scholarship in psychiatry today. Issues such as classification of psychiatric disorders, the relationship between religion and mental illness, and problems of providing a service to people whose mental illness still arouses fear and antagonism in the minds of the public are ably argued. The ongoing debate in these areas is evidence that psychiatrists are eager to reflect on their practice and change it in the light of new knowledge and public need. Historical scholarship continues to present many intellectual challenges to present and future students of psychiatry.

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