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Abstract
This research aims to explain the theoretical and clinical use of shock therapies in Argentine psychiatric field, particularly in the province of Buenos Aires between 1930 and 1970.
It is argued that it is necessary to study the theoretical and clinical psychiatric work, in order to learn how psychiatrists interpreted mental pathology. Thus two distinct scenarios are analyzed: first academia, emphasizing on medical texts expressing discussions held at congresses, conferences, university chairs, and secondly in hospital settings, represented by a population of chronic patients in a hospital on the outskirts of the Capital Federal, the Esteves Hospital of Lomas de Zamora.
The use of shock therapy in the hands of psychiatrists, changed the way of understanding madness and transformed the daily course of hospitals. Therefore, the presence of such therapies was relevant to legitimize the discipline, regardless of the “effectiveness” with patients.
本研究旨在解释休克疗法在阿根廷精神病学领域的理论和临床应用,特别是在1930年至1970年之间的布宜诺斯艾利斯省。认为有必要研究精神病学的理论和临床工作,以了解精神科医生如何解释精神病理。因此,分析了两种不同的情况:第一种是学术界,强调医学文本表达在大会、会议、大学主持会议上举行的讨论,第二种是医院环境,以首都联邦郊区医院的慢性病患者为代表,Lomas de Zamora的Esteves医院。精神科医生使用休克疗法,改变了人们对疯狂的理解,也改变了医院的日常治疗。因此,不管对患者的“有效性”如何,这种疗法的存在与该学科的合法性有关。