- John Sanbourne Bockoven
J. Sanbourne Bockoven was an American medical doctor and psychiatrist, born December 17, 1915, in North Dakota, Dr. Bockoven served at four of the six hospitals he described in his book
Moral Treatment in Community Mental Health . After working as a research psychiatrist atBoston Psychopathic Hospital , he became Clinical Director and then Acting Superintendent ofButler Health Center inProvidence, Rhode Island . This was followed by a Superintendency at theCushin Hospital atFramingham ,Massachusetts . Since 1966 he has been Superintendent of theDr. Harry C. Solomon Mental Health Center in Lowell, Mass.In addition, Dr. Bockoven has also taught at
Harvard Medical School and theUniversity of Vermont College of Medicine . Long engrossed by the history of mental hospital care, he has written extensively about it. In 1964 he received a Certificate in Commendation from theAmerican Psychiatric Association for his distinguished service as Chairman of theCommittee on History of Psychiatry . In addition, he served as an officer in the U.S. Army during World War 2.Dr. Bockoven died at age 91, on June 30, 2007.
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