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Psychiatry Series - THE CASES OF EDDIE DRAKE/CBS/1949 was the first prime
time medical series to feature a (criminal) psychologist. The program
costarred Patricia Morrison as Karen Gayle, a female psychologist who works
with private detective Eddie Drake in New York City.
The first medical
series to deal with the science (some say pseudoscience) of psychiatry was
THE ELEVENTH HOUR/NBC/1962-64 starring Wendell Corey as Dr. Theodore Bassett
who attempted to help people cope with the pressures and stress of everyday
life.
In the 1970s, real-life psychiatrist Dr. Joyce Brothers appeared as
herself on ABC's ONE LIFE TO LIVE. She was called to Llanview to help
Meredith Lord Wolek with postpartum depression. Dr. Joyce was the first real
psychiatrist to appear on a daytime soap opera. See also
"Medical Series" and "Nurse
Series"
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