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=== National Recognition ===
 
=== National Recognition ===
  
In 1844, Dr. Kirkbride was one of the original thirteen members who founded the 'Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane' (AMSAII), serving as its secretary from 1848 to 1855, its vice-president from 1855 to 1862, and finally, as its president from 1862 to 1870.<ref name="bio"/> He took the greatest interest in these proceedings, and was noted for never missing a single meeting, which took place at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. The AMSAII would change its name in 1895 to the American Medico-Psychological Association, and change it again in 1921 to the [[American Psychiatric Association]]. Its first proposition was dedicated to the clarification of their intent: "It is the unanimous sense of this convention that the attempt to abandon entirely the use of all means of personal restraint is not sanctioned by the true interests of the insane".
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In 1844, Dr. Kirkbride was one of the original thirteen members who founded the 'Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane' (AMSAII), serving as its secretary from 1848 to 1855, its vice-president from 1855 to 1862, and finally, as its president from 1862 to 1870. He took the greatest interest in these proceedings, and was noted for never missing a single meeting, which took place at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. The AMSAII would change its name in 1895 to the American Medico-Psychological Association, and change it again in 1921 to the [[American Psychiatric Association]]. Its first proposition was dedicated to the clarification of their intent: "It is the unanimous sense of this convention that the attempt to abandon entirely the use of all means of personal restraint is not sanctioned by the true interests of the insane".
  
 
Despite the construction of this new facility in West Philadelphia by Pennsylvania Hospital, by 1853 all wards of the hospital were full. As a measure of restraint, all new admissions were declined and deferred to [[Friends Hospital]] to the northeast of Philadelphia. Dr. Kirkbride made an appeal to the Board of Managers to expand their operations yet again, and amend the chronic overcrowding at the hospital. In this year he wrote "An appeal for the Insane", as well as multiple clinical and newspaper articles, attempting to convince the general public of the need for facilities such as the one he was managing. From the fruits of these labors he was able to procure the funds for a construction of a separate male department a short distance from its female equivalent.
 
Despite the construction of this new facility in West Philadelphia by Pennsylvania Hospital, by 1853 all wards of the hospital were full. As a measure of restraint, all new admissions were declined and deferred to [[Friends Hospital]] to the northeast of Philadelphia. Dr. Kirkbride made an appeal to the Board of Managers to expand their operations yet again, and amend the chronic overcrowding at the hospital. In this year he wrote "An appeal for the Insane", as well as multiple clinical and newspaper articles, attempting to convince the general public of the need for facilities such as the one he was managing. From the fruits of these labors he was able to procure the funds for a construction of a separate male department a short distance from its female equivalent.

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