Thomas Story Kirkbride
American psychiatrist
Died when: 74 years 138 days (892 months)Star Sign: Leo
Thomas Story Kirkbride (July 31, 1809 – December 16, 1883) was a physician, alienist, hospital superintendent for the Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital, and primary founder of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane (AMSAII), the organizational precursor to the American Psychiatric Association.
Along with Dr.Benjamin Rush he is considered to be the father of the modern American practice of psychiatry as a specific medical discipline.
His directive and organization of institutions for the insane were the gold-standard of clinical care in psychiatry throughout the 19th century.
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