The aim is to share the struggles of Psychiatry and of some Psychiatrists in the V Region of Valparaíso, Chile, covering a period of 50 years, from 1940 to 1990. It is intended to highlight the characteristics of the medical-psychiatric practice and the influence of the mental health team, at a time of political-social changes that had an impact on medical practice and especially on psychiatry, taking into account the origin and evolution of the Hospital del Salvador de Valparaíso.
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