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The first psychiatrist in formal practice in the united states was ____.​

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The correct answer is Benjamin Rush

He was one of the founding fathers and an important figure in education and developing medicine in the early United States. He is credited with opening the first clinical practice in which he was a psychiatrist and tried to examine numerous new ideas revolving around mental disorders or illnesses which helped future pioneers.
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