Mental Health: Research Identifying The Source question,is it primary or secondary?

Research Identifying The Source question,is it primary or secondary?This is the question: You are researching the history of mental health care in the twentieth century. Select the term that correctly identifies the type of source.

A psychiatrist's case files
-Primary
-Secondary

Answer by parrotjohn2001
A psychiatrist's case files would generally be considered a primary source, particular in they had important patients.
Or if the psychiatrist was important in their own right, say Sigmund Freud, his files would be considered primary.

One of the best ways to judge whether a source is primary or secondary is to ask: Was it contemporaneous? Did it happen at the same time as the event you are studying, or is it an explanation written afterwards. Caveat: newspaper accounts would often be considered primary sources.

Answer by caligirl
Primary...however if you were aksed to interview the psychiatrist that would be a secondary source.

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