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The precursor to the American Psychiatric Association is founded.
Date: 1844
Medical system (Western medicine)
Mental health & psych
The Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the "Insane" is inaugurated. Today it is known as the "American Psychiatric Association (APA)."
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