▁the ▁treatment ▁for ▁people ▁with ▁mental ▁dis orders . ▁ ▁B lain ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁China ▁to ▁mission ary ▁parents . ▁His ▁mother ▁t utor ed ▁him ▁at ▁home ▁until ▁he ▁was ▁ 1 1 ▁years ▁old ▁and ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁board ing ▁school ▁in ▁Shang hai . ▁At ▁age ▁ 1 3 , ▁he ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁to ▁continue ▁his ▁education ▁and ▁worked ▁through ▁high ▁school ▁and ▁college . ▁He ▁obtained ▁his ▁under grad uate ▁degree ▁from ▁Washington ▁and ▁Lee ▁University ▁in ▁Lex ington , ▁Virginia . ▁He ▁left ▁the ▁university ▁after ▁his ▁second ▁year ▁to ▁teach ▁at ▁H ang ch ow ▁College ▁in ▁China . ▁He ▁attended ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Chicago ▁for ▁pre - med ic ine ▁studies ▁then ▁entered ▁the ▁medical ▁school ▁at ▁V ander b ilt ▁University . ▁He ▁received ▁his ▁M . D . ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 . ▁He ▁intern ed ▁at ▁the ▁Peter ▁Bent ▁Br igh am ▁Hospital ▁in ▁Boston , ▁Massachusetts , ▁and ▁then ▁trained ▁at ▁the ▁Boston ▁City ▁Hospital . ▁His ▁res iden cy ▁in ▁psych iat ry ▁was ▁completed ▁at ▁the ▁Aust en ▁R ig gs ▁Center ▁in ▁Stock bridge , ▁Massachusetts . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁he ▁opened ▁his ▁private ▁psych iat ric ▁practice ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁an ▁L LD ▁degree ▁by ▁La ▁S alle ▁University ▁in ▁Philadelphia , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁and ▁an ▁honor ary ▁Sc . D . ▁from ▁Washington ▁and ▁Lee