Arthur Percy Noyes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1880 (1880) |
| Died | August 21, 1963(1963-08-21) (aged 82–83) |
| Alma mater | Kimball Union Academy,Dartmouth College,University of Pennsylvania (MD, 1906) |
| Known for | Psychiatry |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neurology,Psychiatry,Nursing |
| Institutions | Norristown State Hospital |
Arthur Percy Noyes, M.D. (1880–1963) was a physician,psychiatric hospital administrator and medicaleducator, In his career he published a number of textbooks and articles that relate to the modernization of psychiatric practices, outpatient care and the need for life-long education for medical staff.
He was born inEnfield, New Hampshire, ofPuritan stock who emigrated to the American colonies from England in 1633. His early education was in aone-room schoolhouse and later at theKimball Union Academy inMeriden, New Hampshire. He enteredDartmouth College in 1899 and worked his way through college by teaching in rural areas. After his college graduation in 1902, he entered theUniversity of Pennsylvania medical school. He graduated in 1906. He interned for one year at theCity Hospital inNew York City and then spent several years in general practice in New York andConnecticut.
Noyes returned toPhiladelphia for one year of graduate study ininternal medicine andneurology, and then entered the field ofpsychiatry at theBoston Psychopathic Hospital. From 1916 to 1920, he was an assistant physician and executive officer at the hospital.
In 1920, Noyes moved toWashington, D.C., to join the medical staff at theSt. Elizabeths Hospital. He served underWilliam A. White, the superintendent, who was a leader in psychiatry and in the administration of psychiatric hospitals.
In 1929, Noyes moved toRhode Island to become the superintendent of the state's mental hospital. He stayed until 1936 when he moved to the state mental hospital inNorristown, Pennsylvania, where he remained for 19 years until he retired. He had a productive tenure at these hospitals: modernizing the facilities, developing teaching curricula formedical students from theUniversity of Pennsylvania and theJefferson Medical School. He is also credited with creating a psychiatric residency training programs which last for over fifty years.
Noyes wroteA Textbook on Psychiatry for Students and Graduates in Schools of Nursing in 1936.[1] Noyes's teaching activities led to publication of his textbookModern Clinical Psychiatry. His textbook was widely used in medical schools when it was first published in 1934.
He was president of the Philadelphia Psychiatric Society and the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society. At theAmerican Psychiatric Association, he served on the Committees of Nursing Standards and Policies, the council, the executive committee, and as president from 1954 to 1955. His presidential address stressed the importance of studying the humanities in psychiatric education.[citation needed]
