history of psychiatry, cultural psychiatry, medical anthropology
In this lecture I set out to investigate different aspects of forensic psychiatry and legal medicine as these disciplines were conceived by Dr. Alexandru Sutzu (1837-1919), the founding father of Romanian scientific psychiatry. I will present his theoretical concepts on human nature as well as the profound relationship between the doctrine of heredity and human evolution on the one hand, and psychiatric pathology on the other. Finally, I will also discuss the different categories of mental alienation described as immoral or criminal behavior.
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