Benjamin Rush is generally referred to as the ''Father of American Psychiatry''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Cbh_AQAAQBAJ&pg=PT426 Benjamin Rush: Patriot and Physician]</ref> He started the reform in treating the insane, not as demon-possessed individuals who should be chained and locked in cells, but people who simply had a disease of the brain.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eRFQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA162 American journal of psychiatry, Volume 64]</ref> | Benjamin Rush is generally referred to as the ''Father of American Psychiatry''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Cbh_AQAAQBAJ&pg=PT426 Benjamin Rush: Patriot and Physician]</ref> He started the reform in treating the insane, not as demon-possessed individuals who should be chained and locked in cells, but people who simply had a disease of the brain.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eRFQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA162 American journal of psychiatry, Volume 64]</ref> |