Article ID: CBB040102801

Distinguishing between neurosis and psychosis: discourses on neurosis in colonial Korea (2022)

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This article analyses the origins and formation of medical and social discourses on neurosis in colonial Korea. With the introduction of Western medicine after the Opening of Korea in 1876, neurasthenia and hysteria began to be understood as neurotic diseases, and their importance was further highlighted during the colonial period of 1910–45. The article also addresses the role of neuropsychiatry in forming discourses on neurosis. In medical communities during the colonial period, the main source of these discourses gradually shifted from internal medicine to neuropsychiatry. In particular, Korean neuropsychiatrists distinguished between neurosis and psychosis as a way to reinforce their authority. Neuropsychiatrists tried to explain the temperamental and environmental factors of neurosis from a psychoanalytic standpoint.

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Authors & Contributors
Schioldann, Johan
Berrios, German E.
Daker, Mauricio V.
Tran The, Jessica
Mason, Daniel
Hsin, Honor
Concepts
Mental disorders and diseases
Psychiatry
Nosology; classification of diseases
Psychoanalysis
Diagnosis
Primary literature (historical sources)
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
21st century
18th century
17th century
Places
France
Korea
Hawaii (U.S.)
Japan
Europe
Denmark
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