What is James Cowles Prichard?
'''James Cowles Prichard''' was a British doctor and psychiatrist. He was the first person to use the phrase “senile dementia.” == Life == Prichard was born in 1786. His parents were [[Quakers]]. His father wanted him to work on [[iron]] but he decided to become a doctor instead. Prichard wrote a book called “Researches into the Physical History of Man”. In 1845, he was put in charge of several [[Mental hospital|Insane asylums]] as a “Commissioner of lunacy.” Three years later, he died. == Psychiatry == Pritchard came up with the theory of [[Antisocial personality disorder|Moral Insanity]] which said that there were some people who were sane but had no [[conscience]]. He called these people “morally insane”. {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Prichard, James Cowles}} [[Category:Psychiatrists]]