Henderson and Meyer in correspondence: a transatlantic history of dynamic psychiatry, 1908–29. Issue 1 (March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Morrison, Hazel
• Other Names: Philo Chris guest-editor.; Andrews Jonathan guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: History of psychiatry. Volume 28:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 72
• Page End: 86
• Publication Date: 2017-03
• Subjects: Adolf Meyer -- Anglo-American -- asylums -- Charles Campbell -- David Henderson -- dynamic psychiatry -- Edinburgh -- Gartnavel -- Glasgow -- psychobiology -- Scotland -- twentieth century; Psychiatry -- History -- Periodicals; Mental illness -- History -- Periodicals; 616.89009
• DOI: 10.1177/0957154X16674656
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0957-154X

Abstract

Charting a transatlantic movement of so-called 'dynamic psychiatry' during the early twentieth century, this paper reads against the grain of established historiographies. Comparing biographical and autobiographical sources with contemporary correspondence, a history is told which considers the evolution of psychiatric knowledge and clinical practices 'from below'. Revealing a period and place when a 'dynamic' counter-culture challenged the established materialist views of Scottish psychiatry, the longevity of this challenge is considered in the concluding paragraphs.