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Royal College of Psychiatrists

Founding of the Society

Year Authority / Notes

1841
According to its website (), the College was founded in 1841 as the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane; its name was later changed to the Medico Psychological Association; in 1926 it became the Royal Medico Psychological Association; and in 1971 it became the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Seat of the Society

City Authority / Notes

CITY
COUNTRY This location is supported by its website ().

Name of the Society

Dates Name Authority

1841 - 1872, March Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane Its website () and its publications.

1872, April - 1925, July Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britain and Ireland Its publications.

1926 - 1971, June Royal Medico Psychological Association =
Royal Medico-Psychological Association Its website () gives the start date and the first name. Its publications give the end date and the second name.

1971, July - Royal College of Psychiatrists Its publications.

Royal College of Psychiatrists
.

Journals of the Society

Years Full Journal Title Abbrev. Indexed
1853, Nov. 15 - 1855, July 2 (No. 1 - no. 14)

A
Asylum Journal

According to a record in the Oxford Univ. cat., this title was published by authority of the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane. That record also indicates that the Library has a 2nd ed. of the title.

Continued by B.

[Oxford Univ. cat.]

1855, Nov. 15 -1857 (Vol. 1, no. 1 - v. 3, no. 22)

B
Asylum Journal of Mental Science

According to a record in the Oxford Univ. cat., the corporate body associated with this title was the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane.

Continues A.

Continued by C.

[Oxford Univ. cat.]
Asylum Jour. of Mental Science
[PMLA, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jun., 1953), p.415 cites 1855, II (Oct.).]

1857, Oct. - 1962, Nov. (Vol. 4, no. 23 - v. 108, no. 457)

C
Journal of Mental Science

According to a record in the Oxford Univ. cat., this title was published under the authority of the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane from Vol. 4 to v. 12, no. 59 (n. s. no. 23); from v. 12,no. 60 (n.s. no. 24)-v. 70, no. 294 (n.s. no. 258) published by authority of the Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britain and Ireland; v. 71, no. 295 (n.s. no. 259) to v. 108, no. 452 published by authority of the Royal Psycho-Medical Association.

According to a record in the Nat. Lib. Scotland cat., vols. for 1858-Mar. 1872 of this title were published by authority of the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane; volumes for Apr. 1872-July. 1925 by Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britain and Ireland; and volumes up to 1962 by Royal Medico-Psychological Association.

Continues B.

Continued by D.

[Oxford Univ. cat.; Nat. Lib. Scotland cat.]
J. Ment. Sc.
[J. Crim. Law Criminol., Vol. 31, No. 6 (Mar. - Apr., 1941), p.687 cites 85, 1939.]
J. Ment. Sc., Lond.
[American Anthropologist, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul., 1889), p.287 cites 1889-90, xxxv.]
J. Ment. Sci.
[J. Am. Instit. Crim. Law Criminol., Vol. 18, No. 1 (May, 1927), p.150 cites 73, 1927.]
J. Ment. Science
[J. Am. Folklore, Vol. 17, No. 64 (Jan. - Mar., 1904), p.78 cites vol. l (i.e. 50 in Roman numerals).]
J. Mental Sc.
[Child Development, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Mar., 1936), p.73 cites 1893, 39.]
J. Mental Sci.
[J. Negro Educ., Vol. 3, No. 3, (Jul., 1934), p.526 cites 78 (1932).]
J. Mental Science
[Man, Vol. 22 (Jul., 1922), p.100 cites XLII, 1896.]
J. of Mental Sci.
[Columbia Law Rev., Vol. 39, No. 3 (Mar., 1939), p.538 cites 84 (1938).]
J. of Mental Science
[Brit. J. Sociol., Vol. 13, No. 1 (Mar., 1962), p.55 cites 1955, vol. CI and 1958, vol. CIV.]
Jl. Mental Science
[J. Aesthetics Art Crit., Vol. 11, No. 4, (Jun., 1953), p.439 cites 98.]
Jl. of mental science
[J. Aesthetics Art Crit., Vol. 13, No. 1 (Sep., 1954), p.137 cites 99.]
Jour. Ment. Sc.
[Univ. Penn. Law Rev., Vol. 97, No. 3 (Feb., 1949), p.437 cites 89 (1943).]
Jour. Ment. Sci.
[Am. J. Psych., Vol. 2, No. 4 (Aug., 1889), p.616 cites X.]
Jour. Mental Science
[J. Am. Instit. Crim. Law Criminol., Vol. 13, No. 1 (May, 1922), p.55 cites 1915.]
Jour. of Ment. Sci.
[Am. J. Psychol., Vol. 2, No. 4 (Aug., 1889), p.619 cites XXI.]
Jour. of Mental Science
[Am. J. Psychol., Vol. 12, No. 2 (Jan., 1901), p.176 cites 1891.]
Journ. Ment. Science
[J. Anthrop. Instit., Vol. 23 (1894), p.216 cites 1870.]
Journ. of Ment. Science
[Proc. Roy. Soc., Vol. 58 (1895), p.91 cites 1869.]
Journ. of Mental Sci.
[J. Roy. Stat. Soc., Vol. 76, No. 8 (Jul., 1913), p.802 cites 1879.]
Journ. of Mental Science
[Mind, New Series, Vol. 5, No. 18 (Apr., 1896), p.237 cites 1895.]

1963, Jan. - (Vol. 109, no. 458 - )

D
British Journal of Psychiatry

According to a record in the Oxford Univ. cat., volumes for 1963-June 1971 of this title were published under the authority of the Royal Medico-psychological Association, and volumes for July 1971- were published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Continues C.

[Oxford Univ. cat.]
Br. J. Psych.
[Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. 90, No. 2 (Jan. 15, 1993), p.571 cites an article by Blessed, G. et al. in 114 (1968); the corresponding entry in PsycINFO gives the journal title as British Journal of Psychiatry.]
Br. J. Psychiat.
[Isis, Vol. 57, No. 4 (Winter, 1966), p.613 cites 1965, 111.]
Br. J. Psychiatr.
[Science, New Series, Vol. 184, No. 4143 (Jun. 21, 1974), p.1252 cites 111 (1965).]
Br. J. Psychiatry
[Univ. Penn. Law Rev., Vol. 117, No. 1 (Nov., 1968), p.81 cites 109 (1963).]
Brit. J. of Psychiatry
[J. Crim. Law Criminol., Vol. 65, No. 3 (Sep., 1974), p.417 cites 116 (1970).]
Brit. J. Psych.
[Am. Bar Found. Res. J., Vol. 2, No. 3 (1977), p.782 cites an article by Crane, George E. in 122 (1973); the corresponding entry in PsycINFO gives the journal title as British Journal of Psychiatry.]
Brit. J. Psychiat.
[Proc. Roy. Soc., B Vol. 162, No. 987 (Apr. 13, 1965), p.238 cites 110, 1964.]
Brit. J. Psychiatr.
[Ann. Rev. Sociol., Vol. 5 (1979), p.409 cites 128, 1976.]
Brit. J. Psychiatry
[Statistician, Vol. 17, No. 1 (1967), p.28 cites 111 (1965).]
Brit. Jnl. Psych.
[Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Nov., 1986), p.636 cites an article by Clare, A. W. in 146; the corresponding entry in PsycINFO gives the journal title as British Journal of Psychiatry.]
Brit. Jnl. Psychiatry
[Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 26, No. 2 (1973), p.320 cites CXIX.]
British J. of Psychiatry
[Brit. J. Law Society, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Winter, 1975), p.190 cites (1968) 114.]
British J. Psych.
[J. Crim. Law Criminol., Vol. 85, No. 1 (Summer, 1994), p.92 cites an article by Cloninger et al. in vol. 127 (1975); the corresponding entry in PsycINFO gives the journal title as British Journal of Psychiatry.]
British J. Psychiatry
[Duke Law J., Vol. 1963, No. 3 (Summer, 1963), p.398 cites 109 (1963).]

1974 - (1 - )

E
Annual Report / Royal College of Psychiatrists

[Oxford Univ. cat.]

1977, July - 1980, Dec.; 1981, Jan. - 1988, Sept. (vol. 5, no. 1 - v. 12, no. 9)

F
Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

[Oxford Univ. cat.]
Bull. Royal Coll. Psychiat.
[J. Law Society, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Summer, 1983), p.69 cites 1981.]

1988, Oct. - 1993, Dec. (Vol. 12, no. 10 - v. 17, no. 12)

G
Psychiatric Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Continued by I.

[Oxford Univ. cat.]

1990, Mar.- (Vol. 1, pt. 1, no. 1 - )

H
History of Psychiatry

According to a record in the Oxford Univ. cat., this title is issued by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

[Oxford Univ. cat.]
Hist. Psych.
[Proc. Roy. Soc., B Vol. 264, No. 1384 (Jul. 22, 1997), p.1092 cites 5, 1994.]
Hist. Psychiat.
[Isis, Vol. 83, (1992), p.155 cites 1992, 3.]
Hist. Psychiatry
[Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 47, No. 4 (Nov., 1994), p.777 cites 4.]

1994, Jan. - (Vol. 18, no. 1 - )

I
Psychiatric Bulletin : the journal of trends in psychiatric practice / Royal College of Psychiatrists

Continues G.

[Oxford Univ. cat.]

1994, Sept. - (Vol. 1, issue 1 - )

J
Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

According to a record in the Oxford Univ. cat., this title is the Royal College of Psychiatrists' journal of continuing professional development.

[Oxford Univ. cat.]

Royal College of Psychiatrists
Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1841	According to its website (), the College was founded in 1841 as the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane; its name was later changed to the Medico Psychological Association; in 1926 it became the Royal Medico Psychological Association; and in 1971 it became the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
CITY COUNTRY	This location is supported by its website ().
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1841 - 1872, March	Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane	Its website () and its publications.
1872, April - 1925, July	Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britain and Ireland	Its publications.
1926 - 1971, June	Royal Medico Psychological Association = Royal Medico-Psychological Association	Its website () gives the start date and the first name. Its publications give the end date and the second name.
1971, July -	Royal College of Psychiatrists	Its publications.
*Royal College of Psychiatrists* .

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.	Indexed
1853, Nov. 15 - 1855, July 2 (No. 1 - no. 14) A	*Asylum Journal* According to a record in the Oxford Univ. cat., this title was published by authority of the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane. That record also indicates that the Library has a 2nd ed. of the title. Continued by B. [Oxford Univ. cat.]
1855, Nov. 15 -1857 (Vol. 1, no. 1 - v. 3, no. 22) B	*Asylum Journal of Mental Science* According to a record in the Oxford Univ. cat., the corporate body associated with this title was the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane. Continues A. Continued by C. [Oxford Univ. cat.]	*Asylum Jour. of Mental Science* [PMLA, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jun., 1953), p.415 cites 1855, II (Oct.).]
1857, Oct. - 1962, Nov. (Vol. 4, no. 23 - v. 108, no. 457) C	*Journal of Mental Science* According to a record in the Oxford Univ. cat., this title was published under the authority of the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane from Vol. 4 to v. 12, no. 59 (n. s. no. 23); from v. 12,no. 60 (n.s. no. 24)-v. 70, no. 294 (n.s. no. 258) published by authority of the Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britain and Ireland; v. 71, no. 295 (n.s. no. 259) to v. 108, no. 452 published by authority of the Royal Psycho-Medical Association. According to a record in the Nat. Lib. Scotland cat., vols. for 1858-Mar. 1872 of this title were published by authority of the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane; volumes for Apr. 1872-July. 1925 by Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britain and Ireland; and volumes up to 1962 by Royal Medico-Psychological Association. Continues B. Continued by D. [Oxford Univ. cat.; Nat. Lib. Scotland cat.]	*J. Ment. Sc.* [J. Crim. Law Criminol., Vol. 31, No. 6 (Mar. - Apr., 1941), p.687 cites 85, 1939.] *J. Ment. Sc., Lond.* [American Anthropologist, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul., 1889), p.287 cites 1889-90, xxxv.] *J. Ment. Sci.* [J. Am. Instit. Crim. Law Criminol., Vol. 18, No. 1 (May, 1927), p.150 cites 73, 1927.] *J. Ment. Science* [J. Am. Folklore, Vol. 17, No. 64 (Jan. - Mar., 1904), p.78 cites vol. l (i.e. 50 in Roman numerals).] *J. Mental Sc.* [Child Development, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Mar., 1936), p.73 cites 1893, 39.] *J. Mental Sci.* [J. Negro Educ., Vol. 3, No. 3, (Jul., 1934), p.526 cites 78 (1932).] *J. Mental Science* [Man, Vol. 22 (Jul., 1922), p.100 cites XLII, 1896.] *J. of Mental Sci.* [Columbia Law Rev., Vol. 39, No. 3 (Mar., 1939), p.538 cites 84 (1938).] *J. of Mental Science* [Brit. J. Sociol., Vol. 13, No. 1 (Mar., 1962), p.55 cites 1955, vol. CI and 1958, vol. CIV.] *Jl. Mental Science* [J. Aesthetics Art Crit., Vol. 11, No. 4, (Jun., 1953), p.439 cites 98.] *Jl. of mental science* [J. Aesthetics Art Crit., Vol. 13, No. 1 (Sep., 1954), p.137 cites 99.] *Jour. Ment. Sc.* [Univ. Penn. Law Rev., Vol. 97, No. 3 (Feb., 1949), p.437 cites 89 (1943).] *Jour. Ment. Sci.* [Am. J. Psych., Vol. 2, No. 4 (Aug., 1889), p.616 cites X.] *Jour. Mental Science* [J. Am. Instit. Crim. Law Criminol., Vol. 13, No. 1 (May, 1922), p.55 cites 1915.] *Jour. of Ment. Sci.* [Am. J. Psychol., Vol. 2, No. 4 (Aug., 1889), p.619 cites XXI.] *Jour. of Mental Science* [Am. J. Psychol., Vol. 12, No. 2 (Jan., 1901), p.176 cites 1891.] *Journ. Ment. Science* [J. Anthrop. Instit., Vol. 23 (1894), p.216 cites 1870.] *Journ. of Ment. Science* [Proc. Roy. Soc., Vol. 58 (1895), p.91 cites 1869.] *Journ. of Mental Sci.* [J. Roy. Stat. Soc., Vol. 76, No. 8 (Jul., 1913), p.802 cites 1879.] *Journ. of Mental Science* [Mind, New Series, Vol. 5, No. 18 (Apr., 1896), p.237 cites 1895.]
1963, Jan. - (Vol. 109, no. 458 - ) D	*British Journal of Psychiatry* According to a record in the Oxford Univ. cat., volumes for 1963-June 1971 of this title were published under the authority of the Royal Medico-psychological Association, and volumes for July 1971- were published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Continues C. [Oxford Univ. cat.]	*Br. J. Psych.* [Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. 90, No. 2 (Jan. 15, 1993), p.571 cites an article by Blessed, G. et al. in 114 (1968); the corresponding entry in PsycINFO gives the journal title as *British Journal of Psychiatry.] Br. J. Psychiat.* [Isis, Vol. 57, No. 4 (Winter, 1966), p.613 cites 1965, 111.] *Br. J. Psychiatr.* [Science, New Series, Vol. 184, No. 4143 (Jun. 21, 1974), p.1252 cites 111 (1965).] *Br. J. Psychiatry* [Univ. Penn. Law Rev., Vol. 117, No. 1 (Nov., 1968), p.81 cites 109 (1963).] *Brit. J. of Psychiatry* [J. Crim. Law Criminol., Vol. 65, No. 3 (Sep., 1974), p.417 cites 116 (1970).] *Brit. J. Psych.* [Am. Bar Found. Res. J., Vol. 2, No. 3 (1977), p.782 cites an article by Crane, George E. in 122 (1973); the corresponding entry in PsycINFO gives the journal title as *British Journal of Psychiatry.] Brit. J. Psychiat.* [Proc. Roy. Soc., B Vol. 162, No. 987 (Apr. 13, 1965), p.238 cites 110, 1964.] *Brit. J. Psychiatr.* [Ann. Rev. Sociol., Vol. 5 (1979), p.409 cites 128, 1976.] *Brit. J. Psychiatry* [Statistician, Vol. 17, No. 1 (1967), p.28 cites 111 (1965).] *Brit. Jnl. Psych.* [Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Nov., 1986), p.636 cites an article by Clare, A. W. in 146; the corresponding entry in PsycINFO gives the journal title as *British Journal of Psychiatry.] Brit. Jnl. Psychiatry* [Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 26, No. 2 (1973), p.320 cites CXIX.] *British J. of Psychiatry* [Brit. J. Law Society, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Winter, 1975), p.190 cites (1968) 114.] *British J. Psych.* [J. Crim. Law Criminol., Vol. 85, No. 1 (Summer, 1994), p.92 cites an article by Cloninger et al. in vol. 127 (1975); the corresponding entry in PsycINFO gives the journal title as *British Journal of Psychiatry.] British J. Psychiatry* [Duke Law J., Vol. 1963, No. 3 (Summer, 1963), p.398 cites 109 (1963).]
1974 - (1 - ) E	*Annual Report / Royal College of Psychiatrists* [Oxford Univ. cat.]
1977, July - 1980, Dec.; 1981, Jan. - 1988, Sept. (vol. 5, no. 1 - v. 12, no. 9) F	*Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists* [Oxford Univ. cat.]	*Bull. Royal Coll. Psychiat.* [J. Law Society, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Summer, 1983), p.69 cites 1981.]
1988, Oct. - 1993, Dec. (Vol. 12, no. 10 - v. 17, no. 12) G	*Psychiatric Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists* Continued by I. [Oxford Univ. cat.]
1990, Mar.- (Vol. 1, pt. 1, no. 1 - ) H	*History of Psychiatry* According to a record in the Oxford Univ. cat., this title is issued by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. [Oxford Univ. cat.]	*Hist. Psych.* [Proc. Roy. Soc., B Vol. 264, No. 1384 (Jul. 22, 1997), p.1092 cites 5, 1994.] *Hist. Psychiat.* [Isis, Vol. 83, (1992), p.155 cites 1992, 3.] *Hist. Psychiatry* [Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 47, No. 4 (Nov., 1994), p.777 cites 4.]
1994, Jan. - (Vol. 18, no. 1 - ) I	*Psychiatric Bulletin : the journal of trends in psychiatric practice / Royal College of Psychiatrists* Continues G. [Oxford Univ. cat.]
1994, Sept. - (Vol. 1, issue 1 - ) J	*Advances in Psychiatric Treatment* According to a record in the Oxford Univ. cat., this title is the Royal College of Psychiatrists' journal of continuing professional development. [Oxford Univ. cat.]