La Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatría y los primeros tratamientos biológicos en la psiquiatría mundial / The Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatría and the first biological treatments in world psychiatry

A lo largo de las primeras décadas de su existencia, la Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatría fue testigo y fuente efectiva de difusión de los trascendentales avances en la terapéutica psiquiátrica que se dieron entre los años de 1930 a 1960, particularmente en el campo de los tratamientos biológicos. Estos avances condujeron a que la psiquiatría, aun cuando no sin tropiezos u obstáculos, fuera considerada, con toda justicia, como una especialidad médica.

During the first decades of its existence, the Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatría became both a witness and an effective source of dissemination of the significant advances in psychiatric treatment that occurred between the 1930s and 1960s, particularly in the area of biological treatments. These advances led psychiatry, even though not without obstacles or setbacks, to being considered, in all fairness, as a medical specialty.

An early work [1910-1913] in Biological Psychology by pioneer psychiatrist, criminologist and philosopher José Ingenieros, M.D. (1877-1925) of Buenos Aires.

One of the earliest recorded works in Biological Psychology was published in 1910 by Argentine psychiatrist José Ingenieros (1877-1925), Professor of Experimental Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Aires. Ingenieros, a multifaceted personality and prolific author and educator famous for his lapidary aphorisms, has been considered a 'luminary' for generations. Trained as a physician, he was the first scientist to establish a comprehensive psychological system in Latin America. His long list of publications includes more than 300 titles generally divided in two periods: studies in mental pathology and criminology (1897-1908) and studies in philosophy, psychology and sociology (1908-1925). His works were never made particularly available to English-speaking audiences, despite the fact that certain of his books are still best-sellers in the Spanish-speaking world. We present an overview of Ingenieros' life and work, and a detailed account of his profoundly interesting work Principios de Psicología Biológica, in which he analyzes the development, evolution and social context of mental functions. We also provide an English translation of the Introduction contributed by Nobel laureate Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) to the 1922 German edition of the work, pertinent to the energetic principles Ingenieros used and the study of Psychology as a natural science. It is a hope, 80 years after Ingenieros' parting, to bibliographically resurrect this champion of reason, who, until now, has not been given his due placement in the international psychological and biomedical literature.

El cuerpo biológico (bios) en psiquiatria / The biological body (bios) in psychiatry

En este trabajo se presenta el cuerpo biológico (bios) como un cuerpo terórico, cuerpo modelo o cuerpo explicativo. Se lo diferencia del cuerpo extenso cartesiano y del cuerpo vívido o corporalidad de la antropología psiquiátrica, en base a su ser imaginario y constructivo (poiético). Se desarrollan algunos momentos históricos del cuerpo teórico partiendo de la medicina hipocrática, hasta arribar a la psiquiatría biológica contemporánea, destacando la similitud estructural de los modelos a lo largo del tiempo, y su carácter provisorio y desechable

O aspecto da psiquiatria biológica: uma revisäo histórica / The aspect of biologic psychiatry: a historical review

É apresentada uma revisäo histórica das diversas abordagens terapêuticas utilizadas em nosso meio pela psiquiatria brasileira de 1902 ao presente. A partir das propostas de Roxo e da consulta aos arquivos sob guarda do Instituto de Psiquiatria - UFRJ, a trajetória da aventura terapêutica, vivida tanto por pacientes como por especialistas é comentada. Algumas tendências e influências sofridas pela psiquiatria brasileira säo também analisadas

O aspecto da psiquiatria biológica: uma revisäo histórica / The aspect of biologic psychiatry: a historical review

É apresentada uma revisäo histórica das diversas abordagens terapêuticas utilizadas em nosso meio pela psiquiatria brasileira de 1902 ao presente. A partir das propostas de Roxo e da consulta aos arquivos sob guarda do Instituto de Psiquiatria - UFRJ, a trajetória da aventura terapêutica, vivida tanto por pacientes como por especialistas é comentada. Algumas tendências e influências sofridas pela psiquiatria brasileira säo também analisadas (AU)