Franz alexander a multilingual internationalist was always deeply interested and well informed on social and political developments as the first graduate of the berlin psychoanalytic institute he saw the progress of psychoanalysis from its early stages and as a leader with broad contacts he. The history of psychiatry an evaluation of psychiatric thought and practice from prehistoric times to the present by franz g alexander and sheldon t selesnick london george allen unwin ltd 1967 pp 471 price 63s volume 114 issue 510 w h trethowan. The history of psychiatry an evaluation of psychiatric thought and practice from prehistoric times to the present by alexander franz 1891 1964 selesnick sheldon t joint author. The history of psychiatry an evaluation of psychiatric thought and practice from prehistoric times to the present by franz g alexander md and sheldon t selesnick md new york harper row 1966 413 pp 1195. The history of psychiatry an evaluation of psychiatric thought and practice from prehistoric times to the present harper and row new york abstract history of psychiatry it covers the ancients the contribution of the freudian age and the recent developments in organic psychological social and child psychiatry harvard book list