Melampous: a psychiatrist before psychiatry

被引:3
作者
Ntafoulis, Paulos
Gourzis, Philippos [2 ]
Trompoukis, Constantinos [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Crete, Dept Hist Med, Iraklion 71003, Greece
[2] Univ Patras, GR-26110 Patras, Greece
关键词
classics; Greece; hellebore; history; medicine; Melampous; mythology; psychiatry;
D O I
10.1177/0957154X07078704
中图分类号
C09 [社会科学史];
学科分类号
060305 ;
摘要
Although psychiatry was the last among the major branches of medicine to be recognized, taught and practised as a separate speciality, it is commonly accepted that even in antiquity there was a clear desire to study and understand mental illnesses, although they were not seen as distinct from physical diseases. Melampous is a figure balanced between historical reality and myth. Reading between the lines of the enchanting narrative preserved by Greek mythology, we can see the desire to comprehend mental illnesses and to propose systematic and credible treatments for them. In this article, an account is given of the myth of Melampous, with emphasis on the details that present him as a pioneer of contemporary psychiatric treatment and as having introduced pioneering approaches to psychiatric disorders.
引用
收藏
页码:242 / 246
页数:5
相关论文
共 16 条
[1]  
APOLLODORUS, 1921, LIBRARY, V1, P84
[2]  
*CLEM ALEX, 1968, EXHORT GREEKS R MANS
[3]  
DIOSCURIDES, 1829, MAT MED, V5, P132
[4]  
GALEN, 1821, OPERA OMNIA, V2, P132
[5]  
Grimal P, 1976, DICT MYTHOLOGIE GREC, P281
[6]  
KONTOGIANNIS A, 1986, GREEK MYTHOLOGY, P231
[7]  
KOURETAS D, 1955, NEON ATHINAION, V1
[8]  
KOURETAS D, 1955, NEON ATHINAION, V2
[9]  
MOREL P, 2000, CONSIENT HIST ILLUST
[10]  
PAUSANIAS, 1918, PAUSANIAS DESCRIPTIO, V1, P238