ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Pichet Udomratn

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: History of Psychiatry in Thailand.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of the Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Vol. 53, Supplement 1, August, 2008, page 14S-15S.

รายละเอียด / Details:

The first of November, 1889 could be called "the dawn of psychiatry" in Thailand, as this was thw date when 30 psychotric patients were brought to be taken care of in an old building of a nobleman, Praya Bhakdibhattarakorn, located in the vicinity of klongsarn, Thonburi. Thereafter, a long history of development has resulted and the original location is now known as Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry, the first psychiatric hospital of the country. An important turning point in the march to a new era can be marked in 1942 when Dr. Phon Sangsingkeo assumed the position of director. The hospital commenced a period of remarkable reformation in many respects, becoming a modern institute of psychiatry. The services were improved and iron bars on cells were eliminated, replaced by moral treatment. Words are inadequate to describe the tremendous contributions the late Professor Dr. Phon Sangsingkeo, the father of Thai psychiatry, made to the development of psychiatry and mental health in Thailand. He was also the founding president of the Psychiatric Association in Thailand. After Dr. Phon Sangsinkeo's period, psychiatry in Thailand has been further developed in the same way as in Western countries, especially when many Thai psychiatrists returned from studying abroad. Psychiatry in Tahiland has been much developed so far beyond anyone's dreams of 1889, nearly 120 years ago. However, due to a shortage of psychiatrists, psychiatry in Thailand still has some problems to be solved. With many strategic plans that have been implemented, we hope and expect a brighter future for Thai psychiatry within the next decade.

Keywords: history, mental health, psychiatry, thailand

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2008

Address: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkhla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand

Code: 2010000171

ISSN/ISBN: 0125-6985

Country of publication: Thailand

Language: English

Category: Abstract

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