Pyotr Petrovich Kashchenko (russian: Пётр Петро́вич Ка́щенко; (9 January 1859) in Yeysk – February 19, 1920, in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

) was a famous Russian

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...

, social and agrarian activist, author of articles on

mental health Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing cognition, perception, and behavior. It likewise determines how an individual handles stress, interpersonal relationships, and decision-making. Mental health ...

and mental health services."Неблагонадежный психиатр. Как доктор Кащенко стал народной легендой?"
, '' Arguments and Facts'', January 9, 2014 (retrieved June 22, 2018)

Biography

In 1876–1881 he studied at

Moscow University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

, where he was expelled for participating in student revolutionary movement and was expelled from Moscow to Stavropol. In 1885 he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine

Kazan Federal University Kazan (Volga region) Federal University (russian: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет, tt-Cyrl, Казан (Идел буе) федераль университеты) is a public research uni ...

and received his medical degree. In 1889–1904 director of the Psychiatric Hospital of the

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

Zemstvo. The "Chronic" Mental Hospital of was founded on February 10, 1901, as the "Colony of Lyakhovo". A Head of the Moscow and St. Petersburg psychiatric hospital. In the years 1904–1906 he was the head physician of the Moscow's Alekseyev Psychiatric Hospital. In 1905 he participated in the revolutionary events in Moscow, helping the wounded during the uprising in Presnya. In 1905–1906 gg. He led the illegal cross-party Red Cross. Organiser and chairman of the Central Statistical Bureau of the first in Russia to account for mental patients. In May 1917 he led the neuro-psychiatric section of the Council of medical colleges, in 1918–1920 he headed the Subdivision neuro-psychiatric care Commissariat

RSFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

. He was buried in the

Novodevichy Cemetery Novodevichy Cemetery ( rus, Новоде́вичье кла́дбище, Novodevichye kladbishche) is a cemetery in Moscow. It lies next to the southern wall of the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city's third most popular tourist ...

. From 1922 to 1994 the was named after Kashchenko. Now this hospital is named

Nikolay Alekseyev Nikolay Aleksandrovich Alekseyev (russian: Николай Александрович Алексеев, 1852 –25 ( OS 13) March 1893) was the elected mayor of Moscow in 1885–1893. Alekseyev is credited with construction of the city's first sa ...

– Mayor of Moscow (1885–1893), the initiator of the construction of hospitals and fundraising organizer for this construction. , where he was the first Chief Physician (1909–1918),Лиманкин, О. В
К 150-летию Петра Петровича Кащенко. К 100-летию Сиворицкой больницы (Санкт-Петербургской психиатрической больницы им. П. П. Кащенко)
// Социальная и клиническая психиатрия : journal. — 2009. — Vol.. XIX: 2. — P. 101—106. and are also named after him. The word Kashchenko has become a colloquialism for mental asylum.

References

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