The DeWitt Wallace Institute of Psychiatry: History, Policy, and the Arts at
Weill Cornell Medical College
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in New York, was formerly known as The History of Psychiatry Section. Founded in 1958 by Dr. Eric T. Carlson, the Institute is devoted to the study of the history of the mind-sciences and the preservation of resources on the history of psychology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, neuroscience and other related disciplines. Its companion library, the
Oskar Diethelm Library Oskar may refer to:
* oskar (gene), the Drosophila gene
* Oskar (given name) Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of Irish origin.
Etymology
The name is derived from two elements in Irish: the first, ''os'', means "deer"; the second element, ' ...
, houses over 50,000 titles on these subjects, with the earliest dating to the 14th century. The present Director is
George Makari
George Jack Makari is a psychiatrist and historian. He serves as director of The Institute for the History of Psychiatry, which encompasses the Oskar Diethelm Library at Weill Cornell Medical College, where he is also a Professor of Psychiatry. ...
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External links
The Institute for the History of PsychiatryOskar Diethelm LibraryWeill Cornell Medical College
Colleges and schools of Cornell University
1958 establishments in New York City
History of psychiatry
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