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Manon Parry

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AS PART OF THE MENTAL hygiene movement that emerged in the early 20th century, Thomas W. Salmon proposed broadening the specialty of psychiatry to move beyond the traditional focus on institutional care. He argued that psychiatrists should spearhead new approaches to prevent mental illness and to rehabilitate criminals and "delinquents." Salmon also played a key role in one of the earliest client advocate health reform movements in the United States, the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, which he directed toward the study of social problems across communities and the development of preventive programs.¹

Thomas William Salmon was born to Thomas . . . [Full Text]