Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices

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This article offers a brief history and the evolution of mental health policy in Turkey. It aims to analyse how mental health policies were transformed and why certain policies were introduced at specific times. The modern history of mental health policy is divided into three periods: the institutionalization of psych…

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This article explores the history of general paralysis of the insane (GPI) and its treatment in Turkey. GPI was considered as "a disease of civilization" at the end of the nineteenth century. From the early years of the twentieth century, Turkish psychiatrists discussed and interpreted the causes of GPI and followed t…

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Italian physician/alienist Dr Luigi Mongeri (1815-82), who graduated from the School of Medicine in Pavia and worked as chief physician at Süleymaniye and Toptaşı Lunatic Asylums, introduced important reforms that shaped modern psychiatry in the Ottoman Empire. Because of his projects and practices he was likened to P…

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19. yüzyıl psikiyatri alanında akıl hastalıklarının etiyolojisi, patogenezi ve tedavisi açısından ilk gelişmelerin saptandığı; deliliğin yerine akıl hastalığı, insanlık dışı tecrit ve tespit yöntemleri yerine ahlaki tedavi kavramlarının tercih edilmeye başlandığı bir dönem olmuştur. 19. Yüzyılda Avrupa'da psikiyatri a…

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Munchausen's syndrome is a factitious disorder resulting in unnecessary investigations and operative treatments in a small and well-defined population. Autobiographical falsification is the characteristic of the entity. The case history is presented of a 28-year-old woman admitted to the emergency department with seve…

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The theme of "Mental Health and Mediterranean" opens the floor to three levels of discussion: 1) the relevance of the area in the current framework; 2) the significance of whole scientific communication between the shores of the Mediterranean in a historical perspective in the current context and, finally, 3) the spec…

This thesis aims to offer a perspective on the history of mental health in the Ottoman Empire with a special focus on modernization. It is designed to be a modest contribution towards studying social history of medicine relying on the Foucauldian theoretical framework. It first provides a literature review to delineat…

Given the central place it occupies in human life and relations, it is hardly surprising that romantic love as well as the distress caused by unrequited love is a universal phenomenon that has been explored by numerous writers over the years. Passionate love can be defined as a state of intense desire for fusion with…

Abstract The aging population in the United States, combined with older adults' strong preference for aging in place, has driven an increased demand for home and community‐based services (HCBS). Medicaid 1915(c) waivers are a critical component of the social welfare system, providing essential services such as homemak…

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