Hysteria to conversion disorders: Babinski's contributions

The main objective of this paper is to present the importance of hysteria on Babinski's oeuvre, and the conceptions of pithiatism from Babinski until the one of conversion disorder. Babinski gave a mental basis for hysteria in the place of Charcot's encephalopatic one, and several importan...

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Main Authors: Marleide da Mota Gomes, Eliasz Engelhardt
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2014-04-01
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description The main objective of this paper is to present the importance of hysteria on Babinski's oeuvre, and the conceptions of pithiatism from Babinski until the one of conversion disorder. Babinski gave a mental basis for hysteria in the place of Charcot's encephalopatic one, and several important semiotic tools to differentiate organic from hysterical manifestations based on studies from 1893-1917/8. His teachings were spread worldwide, and in Brazil they were also appreciated in the work on hysteria by Antonio Austregesilo, the first Brazilian neurology chairman. The neurobiological basis of hysteria conceived by Charcot is nowadays reappraised, and Babinski's neurosemiological contribution is everlasting. The patients believed to be hysterical, and the two outstanding neurologists, Charcot and Babinski, gave support for the development of the modern neurology.
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spelling doaj-art-7cb1c0ccdd964d32b4b0fd12841afff42025-08-20T03:35:29ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272014-04-0172431832110.1590/0004-282X20130229S0004-282X2014000400318Hysteria to conversion disorders: Babinski's contributionsMarleide da Mota GomesEliasz EngelhardtThe main objective of this paper is to present the importance of hysteria on Babinski's oeuvre, and the conceptions of pithiatism from Babinski until the one of conversion disorder. Babinski gave a mental basis for hysteria in the place of Charcot's encephalopatic one, and several important semiotic tools to differentiate organic from hysterical manifestations based on studies from 1893-1917/8. His teachings were spread worldwide, and in Brazil they were also appreciated in the work on hysteria by Antonio Austregesilo, the first Brazilian neurology chairman. The neurobiological basis of hysteria conceived by Charcot is nowadays reappraised, and Babinski's neurosemiological contribution is everlasting. The patients believed to be hysterical, and the two outstanding neurologists, Charcot and Babinski, gave support for the development of the modern neurology.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2014000400318&lng=en&tlng=enhisteriaBabinskiCharcottranstorno somatoformetranstorno de conversãohistória da Neurologia
spellingShingle Marleide da Mota Gomes
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Hysteria to conversion disorders: Babinski's contributions
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
histeria
Babinski
Charcot
transtorno somatoforme
transtorno de conversão
história da Neurologia
title Hysteria to conversion disorders: Babinski's contributions
title_full Hysteria to conversion disorders: Babinski's contributions
title_fullStr Hysteria to conversion disorders: Babinski's contributions
title_full_unstemmed Hysteria to conversion disorders: Babinski's contributions
title_short Hysteria to conversion disorders: Babinski's contributions
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topic histeria
Babinski
Charcot
transtorno somatoforme
transtorno de conversão
história da Neurologia
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