"This work contains the bibliographic references of 1,457 published studies (from 1859 to 1997) on the history of Spanish psychiatry in all its aspects: general and local overviews, biographies and pathobiographies, evolution of ideas and theories on mental illness, treatments, organization of assistance, specific works on various hospitals, professional institutions (scientific associations, publications, chairs and teaching centers), psychiatric legislation, psychoanalysis... The references cover a wide variety of material: doctoral theses, general or monographic books, articles on magazine, chapters of collective books, presentations and communications to congresses....

"Arranged alphabetically by author, the bibliography is completed with three indices (onomastic, institutional and thematic) that make it possible to locate existing references on each specific person or topic.

"A final comment analyzes, quantitatively and qualitatively, the authors and topics of this extensive bibliography, showing a clear (and sometimes surprising) overview of what has been studied (and what remains to be studied) in the historical evolution of psychiatry" (publisher)