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== History of the Perception of Insanity == | == History of the Perception of Insanity == | ||
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=== Mental Illness as Woodness === | === Mental Illness as Woodness === | ||
− | The term [[Woodness]] was originally applied in Anglo-Saxon circles as a condition where the intelligible mind is separated from the vegetative soul. This appeared to be unaffiliated with either Platonic or Aristotelian conceptions of the anima/animus. Woodness is developed as a social concept from the prior Germanic theory of mind. As a concept, Woodness appears to mean that an individual is literally 'out of their mind'; or rather, that the rational mind is in a disconnected relationship | + | The term [[Woodness]] was originally applied in Anglo-Saxon circles as a condition where the intelligible mind is separated from the vegetative soul. This appeared to be unaffiliated with either Platonic or Aristotelian conceptions of the anima/animus. Woodness is developed as a social concept from the prior Germanic theory of mind. As a concept, Woodness appears to mean that an individual is literally 'out of their mind'; or rather, that the rational mind is in a disconnected relationship with itself. Traits attributed to 'Woodness' might be related to the modern notion of [[Schizophrenia]], or split-mindedness. However, no clear reason for outset is explained in any text from that period. However, this mental condition is reflected frequently in popular English literature as late as Geoffrey Chaucer's work 'Canterbury Tales', in the 14th century. Lines alluding to Woodness as mental illness include, "What sholde he studie and make hymselven wood", "armed, and looked grym as he were wood", and "the hunted is, for her hunger wood". |
=== Mental Illness as Madness === | === Mental Illness as Madness === | ||
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From the outset, dementia praecox was viewed by Kraepelin as a progressively deteriorating disease from which no one recovered. The three terms that Kraepelin used to refer to the end state of the disease were "Verblödung" (deterioration), Schwachsinn (mental weakness) or Defekt (defect). Although "dementia" is part of the name of the disease, Kraepelin did not intend it to be similar to senile dementia and rarely used this term to refer to the end state of the disease. However, by 1913, and more explicitly by 1920, Kraepelin admitted that although there seemed to be a residual cognitive defect in most cases, the prognosis was not as uniformly dire as he had stated in the 1890's. Still, he regarded it as a specific disease concept that implied incurable, inexplicable insanity. | From the outset, dementia praecox was viewed by Kraepelin as a progressively deteriorating disease from which no one recovered. The three terms that Kraepelin used to refer to the end state of the disease were "Verblödung" (deterioration), Schwachsinn (mental weakness) or Defekt (defect). Although "dementia" is part of the name of the disease, Kraepelin did not intend it to be similar to senile dementia and rarely used this term to refer to the end state of the disease. However, by 1913, and more explicitly by 1920, Kraepelin admitted that although there seemed to be a residual cognitive defect in most cases, the prognosis was not as uniformly dire as he had stated in the 1890's. Still, he regarded it as a specific disease concept that implied incurable, inexplicable insanity. | ||
− | This formal psychiatric diagnosis was eventually joined from 1918 to 1952, and later replaced, with the modern clinical sub-divisions of Schizophrenia. It was still used actively in French Psychiatric | + | This formal psychiatric diagnosis was eventually joined from 1918 to 1952, and later replaced, with the modern clinical sub-divisions of Schizophrenia. It was still used actively in French Psychiatric circle well into the 1970's. |
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+ | === Mental Illness as Schizophrenia === | ||
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+ | === Mental Illness as Bicameralism === | ||
[[Category:Terminology]] | [[Category:Terminology]] | ||
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