Jews and mental illness

Medical metaphors, anti-semitism, and the Jewish response

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7896024
AutoresSander L Gilman (0000-0002-4630-390X, Cornell University, autor correspondente)
Ano1984
Volume20
Fascículo2
Páginas150-159
Data de publicação1984-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/1520-6696(198404)20:2<150::aid-jhbs2300200204>3.0.co;2-0
PMID6373911
OpenAlexW2034874681
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10

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