The Origin and Spread of Dementia Paralytica
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...In 1900, approximately 5% of institutionalized mental patients were diagnosed with general paresis of the insane (95)....
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...A similar redrawing of the clinical boundaries—that is, of the observable components of the disorder—occurs when the underlying etiopathology is clarified, as witnessed in many neuropsychiatric disorders, notably general paresis (Robertson 1923; Hare 1959)....
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...Later, when its prevalence in the non-West was found to be comparable to that in the West, the discrepancy was commonly explained on the linesthatthe‘¿ legend'(of paresishavingbeenrareor absent in certain societies) was being disproved by ‘¿ advancingknowledge' (Hare, 1959)....
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