Phelan, S. (2017) Reconstructing the eclectic psychiatry of Thomas Ferguson Rodger. History of Psychiatry, 28(1), pp. 87-100. (doi: 10.1177/0957154x16674892) (PMID:27803237)
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Abstract
This article provides an introduction to the approach of the Scottish psychiatrist Thomas Ferguson Rodger (1907–78), as reconstructed from his archive. Rodger’s contribution has been largely neglected within the history of Scottish psychiatry. This paper amends this neglect through situating Rodger’s eclecticism in relation to both the biopsychosocial approach of his mentors, Adolf Meyer and David Henderson, and psychiatry’s de-institutionalization in the 1950s and 1960s. It is posited that Rodger’s eclecticism was a considered response to the pressures of this transitional phase to balance physical, psychological and social approaches, and a critical acknowledgement of the instability of contemporary psychiatric therapeutics. More psychodynamic than his predecessors, the importance of social relations for Rodger led him to acknowledge psychiatry’s limitations.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Psychiatry and mental health. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Phelan, Miss Sarah |
| Authors: | Phelan, S. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Literature |
| Journal Name: | History of Psychiatry |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| ISSN: | 0957-154X |
| ISSN (Online): | 1740-2360 |
| Published Online: | 01 November 2016 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2016 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in History of Psychiatry 28(1):87-100 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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