A BIOGRAPHY OF PSYCHIATRY

W. A. Dibden
1914 - 1993

The story of events and the people involved in the development of services
for the psychiatrically ill in South Australia 1939 - 1989

Dedicated to all those people, named and unnamed,
who made the telling of this story possible.

The family of the late Dr Dibden have generously given permission for this document to be made available on the
Adelaide University Library website.

For enquiries, please contact Maureen Bell


CONTENTS The text is in .pdf format which may be read using Adobe Acrobat software. If you do not have this application, a free reader is available. The .pdf files are divided into blocks of ten pages. To view a particular page you need to click on the block that contains that page number and then scroll through the block until you come to the appropriate page.


A BIOGRAPHY OF PSYCHIATRY		dibden.pdf 1.1 Mb

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS - referred to in the text Letters Programme: Committee of Sponsors Plans	. .	letters (and programme).pdf (940 KB) plans.pdf (738 KB)
Appendices:	.	.
Appendix 1 Reports on visits to mental hospitals South Australian Association for Mental Health. Memoranda on South Australia's mental health services 1.1 Memoranda 1-2 1.2 Memoranda 3-4	.	appendix 1.1.pdf (961 KB) appendix 1.2.pdf (910 KB)
Appendix II II.1 Uniform principles involved in mental health legislation II.2 Position statement on the civil rights of psychiatric patients	.	appendix 2.1.pdf (869 KB) appendix 2.2.pdf (461 KB)
Appendix III First report of the Committee to Review and Make Recommendations in Regard to the Mental Health Act 1935-69	.	appendix 3.pdf (739 KB)
Appendix IV Second report of the Committee to Review and Make Recommendations in Regard to the Mental Health Act 1935-69	.	appendix 4.pdf (1,184 KB)
Appendix V Seminar on proposed new Mental Health Act - opening remarks	.	appendix 5.pdf (767 KB)
Appendix VI Final report of the Committee Appointed to Review and Make Recommendations in Regard to the Mental Health Act VI.1 Preamble and Treatment and protection of the mentally ill VI.2 Care and protection of the mentally handicapped	.	appendix 6.pdf (1,047 KB)
Appendix VII A bill for an Act...First draft [Prepared by the Parliamentary Counsel] 2/7/76	.	appendix 7.1.pdf (861 KB) appendix7.2.pdf (838 KB) appendix7.3.pdf (691 KB)
Appendix VIII A bill for an Act...Second draft...contents [Prepared by the Parliamentary Counsel] 15/7/76 A bill for an Act...Third draft...contents [Prepared by the Parliamentary Counsel] 4/8/76 A bill for an Act...Final draft...contents [Prepared by the Parliamentary Counsel] 9/9/76	.	appendix8.pdf (603 KB)
Appendix IX Mental Health Bill [Second reading speech, House of Assembly, October 14, 1976]	.	appendix9.pdf (1,406 KB)
Appendix X Mental Health Bill [As laid on the table and read a first time, 14th October, 1976]	.	appendix10.1.pdf (883 KB) appendix10.2.pdf (1,025 KB)
Appendix XI Report of the Select Committee on the Mental Health Bill, 1976	.	appendix11.1.pdf (957 KB) appendix11.2.pdf (1,000 KB)
Appendix XII The Mental Health Act, 1976-77	.	appendix12.1.pdf (1,047 KB) appendix12.2.pdf (1,282 KB)