Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Records, 1944-1992

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Department of Psychiatry.
Abstract:
The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, established in 1994, focuses on understanding the brain and mind through research, clinical care, and education with the goal to help people with mental health challenges live their best life. Prior to this, the department originated as the Division of Neuropsychiatry in the Department of Medicine in 1933. In 1940 it became the Department of Neuropsychiatry, and in 1951 the name changed to the Department of Psychiatry. Contains administrative records of the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, as well as a small amount of portraits and scrapbooks. Materials range in date from 1944 to 1992.
Extent:
8 linear feet (5 cartons, 1 flat box) and 3 items on the mobile art cart
Language:
English
Collection ID:
AR.0146

Background

Scope and content:

Contains administrative records of the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, as well as a small amount of portraits and scrapbooks. Materials range in date from 1960 to 1979.

Biographical / historical:

The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, established in 1994, focuses on understanding the brain and mind through research, clinical care, and education with the goal to help people with mental health challenges live their best life.
Prior to this, the department originated as the Division of Neuropsychiatry in the Department of Medicine in 1933. In 1940 it became the Department of Neuropsychiatry, and in 1951 the name changed to the Department of Psychiatry. Department Chiefs are listed with the name of the department at the time they were the Chief.
Department of Neuropsychiatry: Richard S. Lyman, 1940-1951
Department of Psychiatry

  • Hans Lowenbach, 1951-1953
  • Ewald W. Busse, 1953-1974
  • H. Keith H. Brodie, 1974-1982
  • Jeffrey L. Houpt, Interim, 1982-1983
  • Bernard J. Carroll, 1983-1990
  • Dan Blazer, Interim, 1990-1992
  • Allen J. Frances, 1992-1994

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

  • Allen J. Frances, 1994-1998
  • Ranga R. Krishnan, 1998-2009
  • Marvin Swartz, Interim, 2009-2010
  • Sarah H. Lisanby, 2010-2015
  • Richard Weiner, Interim, 2015-2017
  • Moira Rynn, 2017-present
Acquisition information:
Accession A2015.042 (transferred Brian Fox and Richard Weiner, October 2015), Accession A2022.015 (transferred by Lynn Labuda, February 2022), Accession A2022.048 (transferred by LeVonder Shaw, July 2022)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: October 2015; updated by Lucy Waldrop: March 2022, July 2022

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Accession A2015.042, 1960-1979; Artwork, undated; Child Development and Behavioral Health Clinic, 1944-1992.
Rules or conventions:
DACS

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This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals or IRB approval may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Duke University assumes no responsibility.
Contains Medical Center Administrative records. These include records of the officers of the University, as defined in the Bylaws, the deans of schools and colleges, and departments, institutes, and other offices as designated by the President. For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the director of the office of record and the Medical Center Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the Medical Center Archivist. (Issued by the Office of the Chancellor, December 1, 1975).
All files in boxes 1-5 must be screened for sensitive or confidential materials before it being accessed. For further information consult with the Medical Center Archivist.

Terms of access:

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Records, Duke University Medical Center Archives