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This blog follows the history of psychiatry

Tag: social problems

Psychiatric authority and social problems: A history of fears andexpectations in 20th- and 21st-century America by Laura Hirshbein and Jennifer Baumhauer

Posted on November 20, 2025November 19, 2025 by lenamoneme

In the 1970s, activist attorneys took on what they saw as a major issuein American society – the authority of… Read more Psychiatric authority and social problems: A history of fears andexpectations in 20th- and 21st-century America by Laura Hirshbein and Jennifer Baumhauer

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