Psychiatry

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The Joseph D. Matarazzo Papers consist of 10 linear feet of material from 1955-1996, collected by Matarazzo during his tenure as Chairman of the Department of Medical Psychology at the University of Oregon Medical School and its successors, the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center and Oregon Health Sciences University.

Abstract The mental health advocacy group MindFreedom International is part of a collaborative network of organizations of international proportions. Beginning in the 1970s with local groups in scattered locations, it gradually coalesced into its current form. MindFreedom has alway stood for patient rights in the face of involuntary commitment and forced therapies, from restraints to psychosurgery. The collection provides a vast array of materials covering the growth of the "Psychiatric Survivors"...

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Dr. John Besson collected these four papers written by Arthur, Mortimer, and Raymond Sackler while they were on the staff of Creedmoor State Hospital in New York in 1950.

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George Saslow, Ph.D, M.D., was Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oregon Medical School from 1957-1973. The collection consists of three document boxes of article reprints pertaining to Saslow's field of study, including articles authored or co-authored by Saslow as well as articles authored by others, spanning 1923-1980.