History of Psychiatry 

About: History of Psychiatry is an academic journal published by SAGE Publishing. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Insanity & Medicine. It has an ISSN identifier of 0957-154X. Over the lifetime, 1111 publications have been published receiving 12375 citations.

L'Illusion des 'sosies' dans un délire systématisé chronique:

Abstract: to the existence of a delusion or rather a strange interpretation, a sort of agnosia of individual identification: for about 10 years she has been transforming everyone in her entourage, even those closest to her, such as her husband and daughter, into various and numerous doubles. Before analysing this illusion and its pathogenesis, we will describe the psychosis as a whole, as otherwise it is not possible to give the true stages of the evolution of this delusion which can be masked by later delusions. On 3 June 1918 Mme M. goes to inform the local police commissioner of the illegal confinement of a large number of people, particularly children, in the basement of her house and throughout Paris: she requests that two policemen accompany her to verify what she is saying and to free the prisoners. She is taken to the Infirmary and two days later is admitted to Sainte-Anne where Professor Dupr6 certifies her as suffering from chronic psychosis which is hallucinatory, interpretive and imaginative with themes of the fantastic, delusions of royal grandeur, of substituting people around her and being in a state of psychic excitement. On 7 April 1919 Mme M.. is transferred to Maison-Blanche. Mme M. is now 53 years old with no family history of psychiatric disorder. She had typhoid at the age of 12, received a primary education until the age of 14, then learnt and practised the trade of couturier. Married in 1898 at the age of 29, one year later she had a son who died (she believes he was substituted), then she had twin girls, one of whom died (abducted according

The history of clozapine and its emergence in the US market: a review and analysis.

Abstract: Clozapine is known as the first 'atypical' medication and is effective in people who have treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Its 1990 emergence in the USA was marked by considerable controversy over its high cost, due in large part to having been both the first new antipsychotic medication to come to market in over a decade and the need for comprehensive safety monitoring within a decentralized health system. This paper traces the history of clozapine's discovery and development in Europe, its part in the 1975 Finnish agranulocytosis scare, and its subsequent volatile emergence in the USA. Analyses examine peripheral forces at the time, particularly the influence of political, corporate, medical and societal forces which shaped its market course.

What is Wrong with the DSM

Abstract: The DSM is the main classification of mental disorders used by psychiatrists in the United States and, increasingly, around the world. Although widely used, the DSM has come in for fierce criticism, with many commentators believing it to be conceptually flawed in a variety of ways. This paper assesses some of these philosophical worries. The first half of the paper asks whether the project of constructing a classification of mental disorders that �cuts nature at the joints� makes sense. What is mental disorder? Are types of mental disorder natural kinds (that is, are the distinctions between them objective and of fundamental theoretical importance, as are, say, the distinctions between the chemical elements)? The second half of the paper addresses epistemic worries. Even if types of mental disorder are natural kinds there may be reason to doubt that the DSM will come to reflect their natural structure. In particular, I examine the extent to which the DSM is theory-laden, and look at how it has been shaped by social and financial factors. Ultimately, I conclude that although the DSM is of immense practical importance it is not likely to become the best possible classification of mental disorders.

Syndrome d'illusion de Frégoli et schizophrénie

Abstract: patient is at times convinced that people in her entourage are the incarnation of people she knew formerly, powerful persecutors that have returned to torment her. She claims these persecutors are capable of all types of transformation and can impose such transformations on others: they are Fregolis who can ’fregolify’ any and everybody. After we have briefly set the scene of the case study we will discuss, in turn, the two points mentioned in our title we will report what has led us to the diagnosis of schizophrenia and what constitutes the Fregoli delusion. A woman of 27, coarse featured, suffering from a skin disease, who looked older than her age. A labourer’s daughter, she has never had any other position than that of domestic servant and never stayed more than a few months in any employment, in a cafe, factory, restaurant, private home. Usually she was paid by the day and slept in Salvation Army hostels. Though neither disoriented nor amnesic she cannot say much about her earnings, material life does not concern her. She has always loved only things of the spirit and refined language. She spent all her days off at the theatre, preferring to save on food, rather than deprive herself of this pleasure. She is interested in ’mentalities’, though she finds the ’coarseness’ of the masses shocking. Unfortunately the war has done nothing to refine the ’appetites’ of