Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, volume 34, issue 3, pages 205-208
Mary Barkas: a New Zealand pioneer at the Maudsley
Robert M. Kaplan
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Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2016-03-01
scimago Q1
SJR: 1.035
CiteScore: 9.1
Impact factor: 1.8
ISSN: 07909667, 20516967
Psychiatry and Mental health
History and Philosophy of Science
Applied Psychology
Abstract
Objective
An account of the life of pioneer New Zealand psychiatrist Mary Barkas.
Conclusion
At a time when women were rare in psychiatry, New Zealand-born Mary Barkas excelled. A pioneer in the early years of the Maudsley Hospital, Barkas demonstrated her versatility in organic psychiatry, psychoanalysis and child psychiatry. Her career was terminated at an early stage and her life took a puzzling turn after she returned to New Zealand in 1933. Many questions about this intriguing and accomplished psychiatrist need to be explored.
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