Psychology, medicine, and religion: A form of early twentieth century American psychotherapy (1905-1909).

摘要

Psychology: A Course of Reading in Sound Psychology, Sound Medicine, and Sound Religion was a 12-issue journal devoted to the explication of recent developments in psychotherapy. It was published in 1908-09, a time when the systematic practice of psychotherapy was in its formative stages. This study examined the authors, the content, and the purpose of the journal and placed it in its historical context. The contributors were found to be some of the most prominent figures in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and religion. The 83 articles which made up the journal covered the major currents of the theory and practice of psychotherapy and related them to psychological, religious and medical developments. Psychotherapy was found to represent the latest advances in the field and was a major source of information for the psychotherapy practitioner.