Lessons from the periphery: psychiatry in Saskatchewan, Canada, 1944-68.

The article presents a study related to the psychiatry in Saskatchewan, Canada between 1944-1968. During 1944, the government of the Saskatchewan Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation established programs for the state-funded care of all people suffering from mental illness. In this study, the legislation covering the care and treatment of the mentally ill and created division of the Department of Public Health, the Psychiatric Services Branch (PSB), is being examined.