Historical forerunners of neuropsychiatry : The psychiatric works of Albert W. Adamkiewicz (1850-1921)

Albert Wojciech Adamkiewicz (1850-1821) was a Polish neurologist and researcher who is best known for his description of the so-called Adamkiewicz-artery. In contrast to his achievements in neurology, his research in psychiatry from his time in Vienna (1891-1921) is commonly overlooked. We examined all titles of his publications from 1891 to 1921 and provided a close reading of those works that were related to his research on the neural basis of mental phenomena and disorders. We demonstrate that, in later stages of his scientific career, Adamkiewicz critically engaged with contemporary positions in psychiatry and the psychogenic explanation of mental disorders. He developed a theory based on his neurological research, correlating central theorems of late-nineteenth-century psychiatry to neural networks in the human cortex. These achievements make him a historical forerunner of neuropsychiatric concepts of mental phenomena and disorders.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Journal of the history of the neurosciences - 31(2022), 4 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 592-600

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tietze, Fabian-Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Orzechowski, Marcin [VerfasserIn]
Wigand, Moritz E [VerfasserIn]
Steger, Florian [VerfasserIn]

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Adamkiewicz
Historical Article
History of psychiatry
Journal Article
Neuropsychiatry
Psychotic disorder
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 12.10.2022

Date Revised 05.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/0964704X.2022.2097012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343874717