The prophet of psychiatry : in search of Reginald Ellery / Robert M. Kaplan.

  • Robert Malcolm Kaplan
Date:
2014
  • Books

About this work

Description

The first full length biography of a leading Australian psychiatrist who had a significant influence on the Melbourne cultural and artistic scene.

Publication/Creation

Australia : Dr Robert M. Kaplan, 2014.

Physical description

vi, 350 pages : black and white illustrations ; 21 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-350).

Contents

The Prophet of Psychiatry: In search of Reginald Ellery -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Sources and References -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- The Prophet as Youth: The Father is Man to the Boy -- The Prophet at Study: The Dilettante Years -- The Prophet in Asylum: Australian Psychiatry, circa 1923 -- The Prophet on the road to Damascus: Children at Kew -- The Prophet on Trial: The Royal Commission -- The Prophet in Exile: The Sunbury Years -- The Prophet Goes to the Mountain -- The Prophet in Practice: The Collins Street Specialist -- The Prophet at Pen -- The Prophet in Bohemia -- The Prophet in Law -- The Eugenic Prophet -- The Prophet on the Couch: Psychoanalysis in Australia -- The Long Psychiatric Thirties and Fourties -- Interlude: The Prophet Letters -- Prophet on Pilgrimage -- The Prophet in the Promised Land -- The Prophet Returns -- The Prophet at War -- The Prophet Wounded: The Last Long Diminishing Decade -- Exegesis of The Prophet -- Epilogue -- Post Prophet: After Ellery -- Photos -- References.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BZP (Ellery)
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780992457914