History

While the role of psychology in the practice of medicine can be traced from the early Greeks through the middle ages and the renaissance into the modern era (Matarazzo, 1994a), the involvement of psychologists in medical schools is relatively recent. There were a few individuals with medical school appointments dating back to 1910, but it is only after 1950 that significant numbers appear. In 1953, there were 255 psychologists in medical schools (Mensh, 1953) and this number grew to 583 by 1959, 993 by 1964, 1300 by 1969, and 2336 by 1976 (Matarazzo, Carmody, & Gentry, 1981; Matarazzo, 1994b). Matarazzo (1994a, b) estimated that by 1993, this number increased to over 3,500.

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