A brief history of psychiatry in Singapore

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-361

  Ng, Beng Yeong ^a   Chee, K T ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORPROMAZINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; ISOCARBOXAZID; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RAUWOLFIA ALKALOID; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSURGERY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

COLONIALISM; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; JAPAN; KORO; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRY; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 33748549922     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260600775355     Document Type: Review

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