Article ID: CBB001420779

More Than a Disease: The History of General Paralysis of the Insane in Turkey (2014)

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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 the European diagnostic and treatment methods of the disease. Austrian psychiatrist Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857--1940) introduced and developed malaria fever therapy for general paralysis in 1917. Malaria fever therapy spread to other countries and, during the 1920s, the treatment was also used in Turkey. This article not only aims to illuminate an unnoticed aspect of the history of psychiatry in Turkey but also uses GPI as a model to illustrate how psychiatry in Turkey was influenced by the developments in Europe.

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Authors & Contributors
Zorzanelli, Rafaela Teixeira
Lily B. Z. L. Shaw
Mary de Young
Dickson, Sheila
Daker, Mauricio V.
Robert A. Shaw
Concepts
Mental disorders and diseases
Psychiatry
Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment
Diagnosis
Psychiatric hospitals
Nosology; classification of diseases
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
Early modern
Ancient
Places
United States
Brazil
Europe
United Kingdom
England
Netherlands
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