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AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
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an
organization
formed in the United States in 1844, as the
Association
of Medical Superintendents of
American
Institutions
for the Insane, by thirteen superintendents of mental hospitals. It later changed
its
name to
American Psychiatric
Association
. It promotes the use of
psychiatry
and seeks to protect and forward the
vested interests
of
psychiatrists
.
—The
Anatomy
of the
Human Mind
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