000043544 001__ 43544 000043544 005__ 20240909112927.0 000043544 0247_ $$a10.6083/bpxhc43544$$2doi 000043544 02470 $$aHistory of Medicine in Oregon oral history project$$2Collection name 000043544 02470 $$a2004-005$$2Collection number 000043544 037__ $$aDA 000043544 041__ $$aeng 000043544 245__ $$aInterview with George Saslow, M.D., Ph.D. 000043544 260__ $$bOregon Medical Association$$010949$$aPortland, Oregon$$c2001 June 13 000043544 269__ $$a2001-06-13 000043544 336__ $$aInterview 000043544 520__ $$aGeorge Saslow, Ph.D, M.D., was Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oregon Medical School from 1957-1973. Saslow was invited to the University of Oregon Medical School in 1957 and collaborated with Dean David Baird to redesign a more contemporary psychiatric department. The introduction of Thorazine allowed the department to move away from the practice of isolating patients who were experiencing psychosis. In 1973, Dr. Saslow organized the Community Psychology Training Program in response to the lack of programs available to support psychiatric patients who had previously been hospitalized and had since been released after President Kennedy's deinstitutionalization efforts. 000043544 520__ $$aIn this interview, Saslow discusses his early education, as well as his time at Washington Square College, University of Rochester, New York University, and Harvard Medical School; he shares thoughts on his training and work in psychiatry at Boston City Hospital, Wooster State Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Washington University School of Medicine; and he describes working as the psychiatrist for Los Alamos National Laboratory during the Manhattan Project. Saslow discusses the Cocoanut Grove Fire in Boston in 1942 and how his work on responding to community grief from a mass casualty event (with Dr. Erich Lindemann) impacted his work and teaching. Throughout the interview, Dr. Saslow shares his views on the evolution of psychiatry, medicine, and the way both subjects overlap and his opinions on how they should be taught in medical school and hospitals. 000043544 540__ $$fCC BY-NC 000043544 542__ $$fIn Copyright - Educational Use Permitted 000043544 600__ $$aBaird, David W. E., 1898-1974$$010177 000043544 650__ $$aHospitals, Psychiatric$$020353 000043544 650__ $$aChlorpromazine$$016555 000043544 650__ $$aPsychiatry$$024823 000043544 650__ $$aHistory$$020253 000043544 650__ $$aHistory of Medicine$$020255 000043544 650__ $$aDeinstitutionalization$$017447 000043544 650__ $$aCocoanut Grove Fire (Boston, Massachusetts : 1942)$$043549 000043544 650__ $$aEducation$$018215 000043544 650__ $$aCommunity Mental Health Services$$016949 000043544 7102_ $$aOregon Medical Association$$010949 000043544 720__ $$aSaslow, George$$010758$$eInterviewee$$7Personal 000043544 720__ $$aBloom, Joseph D.$$041750$$eInterviewer$$7Personal 000043544 791__ $$eIs described by$$tFinding Aid$$whttps://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv99951$$2URL 000043544 8564_ $$ytranscript$$966b68307-39a4-4d8d-8aa5-b1667cdeada2$$s210604$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43544/files/Saslow-George_HMOP_transcript_2001.06.13.pdf 000043544 901__ $$aOral histories are considered historical materials. They are the personal recollections and opinions of the individuals involved and, therefore, may contain offensive language, ideas or negative stereotypes reflecting the culture or language of a person, period or place. Oral histories should not serve as the sole source of information about an institution or particular historical events. These narratives should in no way be interpreted as the official history of Oregon Health & Science University, nor do they necessarily represent the views of the institution. 000043544 980__ $$aHistory of Medicine in Oregon oral history project 000043544 981__ $$aPublished$$b2024-08-19