anthology of greek psychiatric texts

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ANTHOLOGY OF GREEK
PSYCHIATRIC TEXTS
This publication is supported
by the Lilian Voudouri Foundation
Anthology

Greek
of
Psychiatric
Texts
Edited by
George N. Christodoulou
Dimitris N. Ploumpidis
Athanasios Karavatos
Preface
Helen Herrman, Mario Maj, Driss Moussaoui
Translation
Aikaterini & Suzanna Apostolaki
Athens-Greece
Series "Anthologies of International Psychiatric Texts",
Director of the series: Driss Moussaoui
With unrestricted grants by the Lilian Voudouri Foundation of Greece
and Sanofi-Aventis
ANTHOLOGY OF GREEK PSYCHIATRIC TEXTS
G.N. Christodoulou, D.N. Ploumpidis, Ath. Karavatos
Translation: Aikaterini and Suzanna Apostolaki
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Table of conTenTs
Preface
H. Herrman, M. Maj, D. Moussaoui ..............................................xi
InTroducTory arTIcles
Introduction
G.N. Christodoulou, D.N. Ploumpidis, Ath. Karavatos .............xv
The origins of Psychiatry: Ancient Greek contribution
Ath. Karavatos, D.N. Ploumpidis, G.N. Christodoulou ........xxiii
The development of Psychiatry in Greece. From the late
18th century to the mid 20th century
D.N. Ploumpidis, Ath. Karavatos, G.N. Christodoulou ........xxix
ancIenT Greek TexTs
Hippocrates .......................................................................................3
Plato ....................................................................................................8
aristotle ...........................................................................................14
aretaeus ...........................................................................................18
Galen ................................................................................................21
soranus of ephesus ........................................................................23
nemesius (bishop) of emesa ........................................................25
early sTePs
Michael c
Dietetics ............................................................................................29
Polyzoides a
Eschenmeyer. General thoughts on animal magnetism
and the organic ether ....................................................................31
serouios G
Elementary Psychology ..................................................................33
archigenis s
Elements of pathological medicine ...............................................39
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Mavrogenis s
On life and psyche and the relationships linking these ..............44
kallivoursis P
1. On hypnotism..............................................................................49
2. On hysteria (hysteritis) and its treatment ................................55
THe develoPMenT
of PsycHIaTry In Greece
Tsirigotis c
Letter: In Corfu, on December 17th, 1879 ..................................63
nikolaidis r
On hypnotism ..................................................................................68
apostolides s
Psychoses. Medical, Social and Philosophical Studies
on Mental Diseases .......................................................................73
Mavroukakis a
Neurasthenia and suggestion ........................................................92
Pezopoulos n
On chronic progressive systematic delusions:
A clinical and medico-legal study ...............................................97
apostolides P
Physiological Psychology .............................................................107
katsaras M
1. The place of neurology and mental diseases
in medicine and throughout science .....................................114
2. On false catatonic dementias ...................................................129
3. Nerve Pathology and Psychiatry .............................................136
foustanos I
Psychoses subsequent to operations.
Postpartum mental illness ..........................................................140
yianniris M
Mental diseases in Greece. A study on statistical
and clinical observations ............................................................144
Mitaftsis T
The degenerates .............................................................................151
Table of Contents vii
Makris e
1. New evidence on the aetiology and interpretation
of mental illnesses ....................................................................154
2. On the pseudo-insane and Ganser's sign ...............................159
vlavianos s
1. Our programme ........................................................................161
2. Primary mental confusion .......................................................164
vardakoulas e
Phobopathy (Morbid Fear) ..........................................................168
economakis M
Primitive dementia (Dementia Praecox).
Clinical description followed by personal observations ........171
Triantafyllos d
1. The pathological physiology of mental disorders .................182
2. The essential disorder in schizophrenia.................................192
(von) economo c
1. On a new perspective concerning the pathogenesis,
diagnosis and treatment of progressive paralysis .................203
2. Sleep as a problem of localisation ...........................................206
Tsiminakis ck
Contribution to diagnostics of epilepsy .....................................214
Triantafyllides M
The origin of language and Freudian psychology .....................217
Imvriotis y
Psychoanalysis. An overview of the theories of S. Freud .........232
koskinas G
On the influence of malaria-induced fever treatment
of Progressive Paralysis on the histological process
of the disease ................................................................................246
Papastratigakis c
The mentally ill in the army ........................................................251
kouretas d
1. Psychoanalysis (psychology of the unconscious) .................256
2. Principles and directions of modern psychiatry ...................262
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Manthos cT
Schizophrenia ................................................................................276
kopanaris Ph
Public Health in Greece ...............................................................285
Mitaftsis c
Bleuler's theory on schizophrenia and the group
of schizophrenias ........................................................................298
Pamboukis G
The functions of language or speech.
Intellect and right-handedness ..................................................307
constantinides cd
1. On the personal and impersonal –collective–
unconscious. Jung's Analytical psychology ..........................325
2. Relationships between the brain and civilisation..................330
3. Cerebral localisation of normal and morbid
mental functions.......................................................................333
arkalides n
Treatment of schizophrenia by induced epilepsy
according to the method of L.von Meduna .............................343
skouras f
Psychogenesis and automatism ...................................................349
striggaris M
Elementary trends for the formation of delusional
ideas under the influence of hashish ........................................354
Pamboukis G, anastasopoulos G
Treatment of schizophrenia by insulin
at the Eginiteion Hospital...........................................................363
Tastsoglou I, karambateas P
Aetiological link between dementia praecox
and tuberculosis ..........................................................................369
Patrikios I
Migration as a psychopathological factor ..................................376
Table of Contents ix
diakoyiannis a
Hyperkinetic psychoses ................................................................386
dracoulidis n
The inferiority complex. New views on aetiology
and interpretation .......................................................................395
lyketsos G
Application of electroshock treatment
on outpatients basis. Observations concerning
its effectiveness on psychoneuroses ..........................................401
skouras f, Hatzidimos ath, kaloutsis a. Papadimitriou G
The psychopathology of hunger, fear and anxiety.
Neuroses and psychoneuroses ...................................................407
kokkoris P
On a primitive shock method applied
to this day in the Greek countryside
for the treatment of mental diseases .........................................416
lyketsos G, rassidakis n
On occupational therapy at the Dromokaiteion
Psychiatric Hospital ....................................................................424
anastasopoulos G
Disorders of the somatic ego .......................................................429
kouretas d, Tsoukantas G
At the frontiers of psychoanalysis.
Melampus' psychocathartic method for treating
the "childlessness" of Iphiclos ....................................................435
lekatsas P
The Soul (Psyche-Ψυχή). The idea of the soul
and its immortality and the customs of death .........................441
biographical notes of ancient authors ...................................461
biographical notes of contemporary authors ......................483