Jews and mental illness

Medical metaphors, anti-semitism, and the Jewish response

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7896024
AutoresSander L Gilman (0000-0002-4630-390X, Cornell University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1984
Volumen20
Número2
Páginas150-159
Fecha de publicación1984-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/1520-6696(198404)20:2<150::aid-jhbs2300200204>3.0.co;2-0
PMID6373911
OpenAlexW2034874681
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10

The idea that Jews were prone to a specific set of illnesses is as old as the Middle Ages. In the nineteenth century the view that the Jew was especially prone to developing mental illnesses became an accepted part of medical discourse. Jewish doctors, too, believed this and had to evolve a means of dealing with their own potential madness.

Archaeology · Judaism · Mental health · Mental illness · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Set (abstract data type) · Sociology · History · Jewish Identity and Society · Medical History and Research · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies