[The Journal "Deine Gesundheit" - A Reflection of Social Psychiatry in the GDR?]

Background: Articles on psychiatric care in the GDR published in the journal "Deine Gesundheit" are identified. This involved examining how psychiatry was presented to the public and the intentions of addressing a lay audience.
Methodology: All booklets published between 1955 and 1989 were systematically reviewed, the role of the publishers examined, and an assessment made in the context of social psychiatry and sociopolitical conditions.
Results: There was a lively publication activity of psychiatric topics by mainly professional actors. The temporal accumulation in the context of psychiatric reform efforts is striking.
Conclusions: Reform-oriented psychiatrists in particular used the popular science medium to reach a broad public and thus greater social acceptance of community psychiatric care concepts.
Competing Interests: Thomas R. Müller, Kathleen Haack und Ekkehardt Kumbier geben an, dass kein Interessenkonflikt besteht. Hans Jörgen Grabe hat Reisekostenunterstützungen und Referentenhonorare von folgenden Firmen erhalten: Fresenius Medical Care, Neuraxpharm, Servier und Janssen Cilag sowie Forschungsunterstützung von Fresenius Medical Care.
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