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Exploring Psychiatry's History in Chile: A Material perspective of the Dr. José Horwitz Barak Psychiatric Institute (2024)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Javiera Letelier Cosmelli.

This is an abstract from the "Current Perspectives on Historical and Contemporary Archaeology of the Southern Cone" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This research aims to carry out an archaeological analysis of the current Dr. José Horwitz Barak Psychiatric Institute in Santiago de Chile, a place historically considered a total institution. Since its creation in 1858, this hospital has served as the main psychiatric center in Chile. The present...