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Am J Psychiatry. 1998 Sep;155(9 Suppl):3-8.
This introduction briefly highlights NIMH's history from its inception until today. It is not meant as, nor could it be, a detailed history of NIMH but is offered primarily as a perspective by which to read the articles in this supplement. Obviously, the history of any institution is the personal history of its leadership, and contained in this special issue are the personal reminiscences of six of the eight Directors of NIMH, who review their tenures at the Institute from the perspective of the central contributions and advances made by NIMH during the time they served as Director. As such, it is an interesting and informative personalized history of one of the world's great institutions and one that has played and continues to play a central and vital role in this nation's response to its mentally ill citizens.
本引言简要回顾了美国国立精神卫生研究所（NIMH）自成立至今的历史。它并非也不可能成为NIMH的详尽历史，而主要是为阅读本增刊中的文章提供一种视角。显然，任何机构的历史都是其领导层的个人历史，本期特刊收录了NIMH八位所长中六位的个人回忆，他们从NIMH在其担任所长期间所做出的核心贡献和取得的进展的角度，回顾了自己在该研究所的任期。因此，这是一部关于世界上伟大机构之一的有趣且信息丰富的个人化历史，该机构在这个国家应对其精神疾病患者方面一直发挥并将继续发挥核心且至关重要的作用。
