I am writing a book on the history of psychiatry and psychology and need a little help. Could anyone tell me who first coined the words Psychology and Psychiatry, try as I might I can't seem to find any references which speek directly to this. Any leads or referances would be helpfull and appreciated.

-- Mike Carson (exposae@hotmail.com), July 23, 2004

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For the history of the term psychology, see Krstic, Kruno. (1964). Marko Marulic -- The author of the term "psychology". Acta Instituti Psychologici Universitatis Zagrabiensis, no. 36, pp. 7-13. whihc can be found on-line at http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Krstic/marulic.htm

-- Christopher Green (christo@yorku.ca), July 23, 2004.

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I found the following on Psychiatry online at http://www.etymonline.com/p11etym.htm

psychiatry - 1846, from Fr. psychiatrie, from M.L. psychiatria, lit. "a healing of the soul," from Gk. psykhe- "mind" (see psyche) + iatreia "healing, care." Psychiatrist first recorded 1890; the older name was mad-doctor (1703). "A psychiatrist is a man who goes to the Folies Bergère and looks at the audience." [Anglican Bishop Mervyn Stockwood, 1961]

A good place to look for possible mentions is the 19th century reader's guide, and Poole's Index--your reference librarian can tell you about them. "Psychiatrist" replaced "Alienist" in English- language use, and you can get a good history of that in Gregory Zilboorg's A History of Medical Psychology. I'd approach this also by running the term through a title search in the Library of Congress online catalog and the World Catalog of Books--databases which are easiy accessible.

I searched PsycInfo and found the following references that may be relevant: Jelliffe, S.E. (1910). Notes on the History of Psychiatry. Alienist and Neurologist, 31, 80-89. Farrar, C.B. (1909). Some Origins in Psychiatry. American Journal of Insanity, 66, 277-294. Hart, B. (1908). A Philosophy of Psychiatry. Journal of Mental Science, 54, 473-490. McDonald, W., &. (1908). Progress of Psychiatry. Journal of Mental Science, 54, 399-416. Farrar, C.B. (1908). Some Origins in Psychiatry. American Journal of Insanity, 65, 83-102. Mills, W. (1908). Psychology in Relation to Physiology, Psychiatry and General Medecine. American Journal of Insanity, 65, 25-38. Harris, I.G. (1907). Psychiatry and its Importance. Medical Records, 72, 687-689. Paton, S. (1906). The Care of the Insane and the Study of Psychiatry in Germany. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 33, 225-233. Nichols, T.R. (1905). Some Observations on the Progress of Psychiatry. American Journal of Insanity, , 491-500. Hills, F.L. (1901). Psychiatry--Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Population Science Monthly, , 31-48.

-- Hendrika Vande Kemp (hendrika@cox.net), July 24, 2004.

I checked one more source (Reuben Fine's A History of Psychoanalysis) and found the following:

"On the psychological side was Baron Ernst von Feuchtersleben (1806- 1849), in whose book on The Principles of Medical Psychology (1845) the terms 'psychosis' and 'psychiatric' were introduced in their modern sense." (pp. 9-10)

I found this entry on Feuchtersleben online:

FEUCHTERSLEBEN, Baron Ernst Von. THE PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY. Being the outline of a Course of Lectures. Translated from the German by the late H. Evans Lloyd. Revised and Edited by B. G. Babington. London, Sydenham Society, 1847. pp. xx, 392. Library stamp on front pastedown and paper label at foot of spine. A very good copy £65

*G&M 4929.1 for the original work in German of 1845 - Feuchtersleben (1806-1849) introduced the terms psychosis, psychiatrics, and psychopathology. The book includes a short history of psychiatry.

-- Hendrika Vande Kemp (hendrika@cox.net), July 24, 2004.