Professional Affiliation

Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Wilson Center Project

Russian Psychiatrists and the Politics of Professionalism, 1857 - 1917

Project Summary

This analysis of the Russian psychiatric profession on the eve of the revolutions of 1917 focuses upon the strategies adopted by Russia psychiatrists in their effort to gain control over the asylum and societal recognition of their superior judgment in all matters pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of insanity.

Previous Terms

May 1, 1982: Professionalization of Russian Psychiatrists During the Late Imperial Period, 1857 - 1911