John P. Gray (psychiatrist)
John Perdue Gray (1825 - Nov 29, 1886) was an American psychiatrist at the forefront of biological psychiatric theory during the 19th century. Gray was the superintendent of Utica State Hospital in New York and was also the editor of the American Journal of Insanity, the precursor to the American Journal of Psychology. Gray believed that insanity was always due to physical causes and that the mentally ill should be treated as physically ill.
References
- Barlow, David H.; Vincent Mark Durand (2004). Abnormal Psychology: An Integrative Approach. Thomson Wadsworth. pp. 13. ISBN 0534633625.
- Death of Dr. John P. Gray, Nov 29, 1886, New York Times.
- Robert J. Waldinger, Sleep of Reason: John P. Gray and the Challenge of Moral Insanity, J Hist Med Allied Sci (1979) XXXIV (2): 163-179. doi: 10.1093/jhmas/XXXIV.2.163
- Bio, 19th-Century Psychiatrists of Note, www.nlm.nih.gov
- Obituary, Br Med J. 1886 December 4; 2(1353): 1124–1125.
- John P. Gray, M.D., 1825-1886, APA Presidents Biographical Sketches : 11 1883-1884 Gray, John P., American Psychiatric Association
- Allen D. Spiegel and Florence Kavaler, The Differing Views on Insanity of Two Nineteenth Century Forensic Psychiatrists, Journal of Community Health, Volume 31, Number 5, 430-451, DOI: 10.1007/s10900-006-9017-5