Article ID: CBB001200716

The Psychiatrist as Administrator: The Career of W. F. Theunissen in the Dutch East Indies (2012)

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Pols, Hans (Author)


Health and History
Volume: 14, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 143-164

W. F. Theunissen (1882--1961) was a leading psychiatrist in the Dutch East Indies. He was the medical director of several large mental hospitals after which he became director of the Dutch East Indies Public Health Service. Theunissen was not known for his research into the causes of mental illness. Instead, he made his mark as an administrator, greatly reducing the expenses of the Lawang mental hospital by expanding occupational therapy in new and innovative ways. His accomplishments earned him the position of director of the Indies Public Health Department, where he oversaw the decentralisation of health services and the development of public health initiatives.

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Authors & Contributors
Jęczmińska, Kinga
Guelfi, Gian Paolo
Monika Ankele
Colucci, Mario
Phelan, Sarah
Borri, Matteo
Concepts
Psychiatry
Psychiatric hospitals
Public health
Medicine and government
Clinical psychology
Physicians; doctors
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
Italy
Germany
Great Britain
Padua (Italy)
Bangladesh
Scotland
Institutions
Australian National University
World Health Organization (WHO)
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