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Psychiatric treatment and services in Australia, 1914‐1994
Author(s) -
Edwards Graham A
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1994.tb127316.x
Subject(s) - psychiatry , sexual intercourse , mental health , psychology , criminology , medicine , environmental health , population
Eighty years ago, psychiatrists believed that mental illnesses were caused by, among other things, excessive devotion to sport, the introduction ofphones and motor cars, illsorted marriages and perverted sexual intercourse. Psychiatric theories and institutions in Australia have come a long way since then.