Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026
Child psychiatry.
Publication Details
Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, 1935 CE.
Leo Kanner, an Austrian émigré and medical graduate of the University of Berlin, founded the first academic department of child psychiatry under the direction of Adolf Meyer at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Kanner was the first U. S. physician to be identified as a child psychiatrist, and his textbook, Child Psychiatry (1935), introduced both the specialty and the term to the English speaking academic community.
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Thematic Classifications
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #8894 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/11072 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | child-psychiatry |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Springfield, IL
Mentioned in annotation: Berlin