The line “a psychiatrist is the god of our age” is attributed to Sylvia Plath.
Who said it
Sylvia Plath, the American poet and writer, used this wording in her journals, which have been published as The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. The quote is often reproduced in collections of her sayings and is linked to her reflections on mental health and the cost of psychiatric treatment.
Context of the quote
This remark comes from Plath’s personal writings rather than from a poem or novel, and it has been dated to around 1950 in her correspondence and early journals. It reflects both the cultural authority psychiatry was gaining in the mid‑20th century and Plath’s own experience with depression and psychiatric care.
