Benjamin Zajicek
Biographic Data
| ID | 5896834 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Zajicek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Zajicek |
| SIGNATURE | ZAJICEK B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Towson University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1038-5288 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Soviet psychiatry and the origins of the sluggish schizophrenia concept, 1912–1936
This article seeks to understand the origins of the Soviet concept of ‘sluggish schizophrenia’, a diagnostic category that was used to imprison political dissidents in the post-WWII era. It focuses on the 1920s and 1930s, a period when Soviet psychiatrists attempted to find ways to diagnose schizophrenia at its earliest stages. The new Soviet state supported these efforts, funding new institutions where clinicians encountered types of patients th…
Banning the Soviet Lobotomy
This article examines how lobotomy came to be banned in the Soviet Union in 1950. The author finds that Soviet psychiatrists viewed lobotomy as a treatment of "last resort," and justified its use on the grounds that it helped make patients more manageable in hospitals and allowed some to return to work. Lobotomy was challenged by psychiatrists who saw mental illness as a "whole body" process and believed that injuries caused by lobotomy were ther…
Soviet psychiatry and the origins of the sluggish schizophrenia concept, 1912–1936
This article seeks to understand the origins of the Soviet concept of ‘sluggish schizophrenia’, a diagnostic category that was used to imprison political dissidents in the post-WWII era. It focuses on the 1920s and 1930s, a period when Soviet psychiatrists attempted to find ways to diagnose schizophrenia at its earliest stages. The new Soviet state supported these efforts, funding new institutions where clinicians encountered types of patients th…
Banning the Soviet Lobotomy
This article examines how lobotomy came to be banned in the Soviet Union in 1950. The author finds that Soviet psychiatrists viewed lobotomy as a treatment of "last resort," and justified its use on the grounds that it helped make patients more manageable in hospitals and allowed some to return to work. Lobotomy was challenged by psychiatrists who saw mental illness as a "whole body" process and believed that injuries caused by lobotomy were ther…
Soviet psychiatry and the origins of the sluggish schizophrenia concept, 1912–1936
This article seeks to understand the origins of the Soviet concept of ‘sluggish schizophrenia’, a diagnostic category that was used to imprison political dissidents in the post-WWII era. It focuses on the 1920s and 1930s, a period when Soviet psychiatrists attempted to find ways to diagnose schizophrenia at its earliest stages. The new Soviet state supported these efforts, funding new institutions where clinicians encountered types of patients th…
Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Soviet union (2 works) · Communism (1 work) · Government (linguistics (1 work)