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Psychiatry and the Jewish tradition1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Aubrey Lewis
Aubrey Lewis*
Affiliation:
Formerly of Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
2Address for correspondence: Professor M. Shepherd, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

The attitude to mental illness in early Jewish thought and the contributions of some modern Jewish workers to psychiatry are summarized. The possible associations of mental illness among Jews are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1978 , pp. 9 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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Footnotes

1

The text of this paper has been adapted from the manuscript of a talk given by Sir Aubrey Lewis at the Leo Baeck College, London, in November 1968.

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