Lessons from the periphery: Psychiatry in Saskatchewan, Canada, 1944-68

History of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-201

  Mills, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenochrome hypothesis; Canada; Community psychiatry; Deinstitutionalization; Hoffer; LSD; Osmond; Saskatchewan Plan

Indexed keywords

ADRENOCHROME;

ARTICLE; CANADA; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ADRENOCHROME; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 34248590949     PISSN: 0957154X     EISSN: 17402360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957154X06073011     Document Type: Article

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