Psychology in the Journal Revista Médica de Barcelona: Psychotherapy, Mental and Moral Hygiene

Authors

  • Annette Mülberger Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Mònica Balltondre Plà Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Òscar Montero Pich Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Andrea Graus Ferrer Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Sara Fajula Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Keywords:

psychiatry, psychoanalysis, Emilio Mira y López, Catalonia

Abstract

This historical study deals with the contributions made between 1924 and 1936 by the journal Revista Médica de Barcelona to the topic of mental care. Thereby we recognized the crucial role played by E. Mira y López and B. Rodríguez Arias and four different strategies sought by the journal to promote and influence the mental health of the population. The first level consists of the promotion of psychology as a source of health and as a medical field of specialization. In connection with this we find, in the second place, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, applied both, at an individual level (in the private practice), and collectively in institutions. At a third level we situate the campaign for mental hygiene. Finally, we consider the psychological aspects of criminology and moral hygiene.

Keywords: psychiatry, psychoanalysis, Emilio Mira y López, Catalonia

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Vol. 8 (2015)

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