Anthology of Spanish Psychiatric Texts [antikvár]

Psychiatry is probably the oldest medical specialty. Even before Hippocratic medieine, it developed steadily in various parts of the world, especially in the Mediterranean and in Europe. The 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries represented a remarkably creative period in this respect: clinical deseriptions, classifications, psychodynamic approach and other psychotherapies were progressively refined. This led in the second half of the 20th century to a better knowledge, paving the way to the psychopharmacologic era and to the subsequent institutional revolution. However, the various traditions continued with their national specificities until the sixties and became a major problem in scientific collaboration and communication. The necessity of adopting a common language became urgent. This facilitated the standardization of the scientific approach of psychiatry and mentái health, but it led alsó, to a certain extent, to the impoverishment of our field, because of the historical amnesia that affected large areas of psychiatry. Psychiatry is alsó the most complex medical specialty. This is not only due to the fact that it is related to the most complex organ we know in the universe, namely the brain, but alsó to the essential relationship between environment and psychic activity. Culture in this respect plays a crucial role in the understanding and treatment of mentái disorders. This alsó explains the emergence of strong national traditions in psychiatry, especially during the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. The Germán and the French schools are well-known, but many others existed in the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Russia and elsewhere in the world. The current situation of psychiatric knowledge is strongly influenced by somé of these traditions, but others are neglected which