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Mildred Clare Scoville

Mildred Clare Scoville (1892-1969) was a psychiatric social worker who won a Lasker Award in 1949. She is known for her work on mental hygiene.

Mildred Clare Scoville
Alma materUniversity of Nebraska

Early life

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She was born in 1892[1] in Hartington, Nebraska and graduated from the University of Nebraska.[2]

Career

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Scoville joined the Commonwealth Fund of America in 1923 and would retire as executive associate director in 1954.[3] In 1927 she moved to England due the Commonwealth Fund of America requesting her for an experiment to work on clinies for children.[4][5] She later led leading positions in developing mental health services back in the United States.[6] In 1931, she wrote “An Inquiry into the Status of Psychiatric Social Work”.[7]

In 1950 she was named to the National Advisory Mental Health Council, thereby becoming the first person to serve on the council.[8]

Scoville died in 1969.[3]

Selected publications

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  • Scoville, Mildred C. (1931). "An inquiry into the status of psychiatric social work". American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 1 (2): 145–151. doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1931.tb04808.x. ISSN 1939-0025.
  • SCOVILLE, MILDRED C. (1942). "Wartime tasks of psychiatric social workers in Great Britain". American Journal of Psychiatry. 99 (3): 358–363. doi:10.1176/ajp.99.3.358. ISSN 0002-953X.

Awards and honors

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Scoville was one of two recipients of the 1949 Lasker Award.[2][9] She received the Lasker Award for “recognition of her outstanding contribution to the integration of mental health concepts in medical education and practice”.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Mildred Clare Scoville (1892?-1969)". Smithsonian Institution Archives. 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  2. ^ a b "Former Hartington Woman Honored for Mental Health Work". Cedar County News; Hartington, Nebraska. 1950-04-06. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  3. ^ a b "Mildred C. Scoville Dies at 76; Administrator in Mental Health". The New York Times. April 27, 1969. p. 93.
  4. ^ Brown, S. Clement (1969). "Mildred Scoville of the Commonwealth Fund". British Journal of Psychiatric Social Work. 10 (2): 59–60. ISSN 2055-7191.
  5. ^ "The long battle for child guidance clinics". The Guardian Journal. 1965-05-03. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  6. ^ "Worker in child welfare is here". The Oregon Daily Journal; Portland, Oregon. 1923-04-22. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  7. ^ Scoville, Mildred C. (1931). "An inquiry into the status of psychiatric social work". American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 1 (2): 145–151. doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1931.tb04808.x. ISSN 1939-0025.
  8. ^ "First woman named to mental health unit". Omaha World-Herald; Omaha, Nebraska. 1950-07-27. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  9. ^ "TWO HERE RECEIVE '49 LASKER AWARDS; Mental Hygiene Honors Given to Miss Mildred Scoville and Albert Deutsch". New York Times. November 18, 1949.
  10. ^ "Historical Archive: Awards No Longer Given by the Foundation". Lasker Foundation. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
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