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Psychiatry’s 200th birthday

Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Martin Luther University Halle–Wittenberg, 06097 Halle, Germany. Email: andreas.marneros{at}medizin.uni-halle.de

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Andreas Marneros (pictured) is Professor of Psychiatry at the universities of Cologne, Bonn and Halle. He is the author of 31 books and 450 other publications.

Professor Johann Christian Reil of Halle, Germany, first introduced the term ‘psychiatry’ in 1808. He argued that mental illness should be treated by physicians and that psychiatry required the very best medical practitioners. He stressed the important relationships between physical and mental factors in illness and the role of psychotherapy as one of the main treatment approaches in medicine. He was a strong advocate of humane treatment and reduction of stigma. Many of his ideas remain important today.

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