%0 Journal Article
%T Isaac y jos¨¦ Horwitz en la psiquiatr¨ªa chilena
%A Escobar M
%A Enrique
%J Revista m¨¦dica de Chile
%D 2004
%I Sociedad M¨¦dica de Santiago
%R 10.4067/S0034-98872004001100015
%X during the xxth century, neuropsychiatrists isaac and jos¨¦ horwitz worked in the asylum, the current psychiatric institute dr jos¨¦ horwitz. while isaac dedicated part of his time to teach in medical and nursing schools, his brother jos¨¦ preferred clinical work on mental health. both chaired consecutively the service a of the old hospital and jos¨¦ occupied in his last year the director's position. after a scholarship in mental health in baltimore, jos¨¦ developed, in conjunction with other outstanding colleagues, the first investigations on psychiatric morbidity in chile, promoted the use of work therapy for individuals with chronic mental diseases, and helped to improve and plan projects for the prevention and treatment of alcoholism
%K history of medicine
%K 20th century
%K mental disorders
%K psychiatry.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-98872004001100015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en