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The early years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Margaret Harcourt Williams
Affiliation:
Archivist, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG
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By 1841, advances in communication and education, coupled with an increasing number of medical staff attached to mental asylums, made the idea of a formal grouping of such asylum staff a viable proposition. Although, as the following paragraphs indicate, such a group took many years to become established, the body whose early years are described briefly here, is the direct ancestor of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

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Sketches from the History of Psychiatry
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991
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