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Javier Mariátegui
Javier Mariátegui Chiappe (Lima, 13 September 1928 – Lima, 3 August 2008) was a renowned Peruvian intellectual and psychiatrist. He was the last of the children of José Carlos Mariátegui and Anna Chiappe. Studied at the University of San Marcos where he also started teaching; he was also a founder of Cayetano Heredia University. He was also the founding director of the National Institute of Mental Health “Honorio Delgado - Hideyo Noguchi”. He died in Lima. Early life He was born on 13 September 1928 in Lima, Peru to José Carlos Mariátegui La Chira and Anna Chiappe Iacomini, an Italian woman. His older brother was Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe. First years In 1947 he entered the University of San Marcos, studying in parallel pre-medicine and humanities, in 1949 he decided to follow studies in the Medicine Faculty of San Fernando. It was exactly with his companion of bench at the School San Luis, the Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, that took in parallel sciences and human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lima
Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The city is considered the political, cultural, financial and commercial center of Peru. Due to its geostrategic importance, the Globalization and World Cities Research Network has categorized it as a "beta" tier city. Jurisdictionally, the metropolis extends mainly within the province of Lima and in a smaller portion, to the west, within the Constitutional Province of Callao, where the seaport and the Jorge Chávez Airport are located. Both provinces have regional autonomy since 2002. The 2023 census projection indicates that the city of Lima has an estimated population of 10,092,000 inhabitants, making it the List of cities in the Americas b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavo Gutiérrez
Gustavo Gutiérrez-Merino Díaz (8 June 1928 – 22 October 2024) was a Peruvian philosopher, Catholic theologian, and Dominican priest who was one of the founders of liberation theology in Latin America. His 1971 book '' A Theology of Liberation'' is considered pivotal to the formation of liberation theology. He held the John Cardinal O'Hara Professorship of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and was a visiting professor at universities in North America and Europe. Gutiérrez studied medicine and literature at the National University of San Marcos before deciding to become a priest. He began studying theology at the Theology Faculty of Leuven in Belgium and in Lyon, France. His theological focus connected salvation and liberation through the preferential option for the poor, with an emphasis on improving the material conditions of the impoverished. Gutiérrez proposed that revelation and eschatology have been excessively idealized at the expense of efforts to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Births
Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, Joseph Stalin's personal secretary, crosses the border to Iran to defect from the Soviet Union. * January 17 – The OGPU arrests Leon Trotsky in Moscow; he assumes a status of passive resistance and is exiled with his family. * January 26 – The volcanic island Anak Krakatau appears. February * February – The Ford River Rouge Complex at Dearborn, Michigan, an automobile plant begun in 1917, is completed as the world's largest integrated factory. * February 8 – Scottish-born inventor John Logie Baird broadcasts a transatlantic television signal from London to Hartsdale, New York. * February 11 – February 19, 19 – The 1928 Winter Olympics are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the first as a separate event. Sonja Henie of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mental Health Policy
Mental may refer to: * of or relating to the mind Films * ''Mental'' (2012 film), an Australian comedy-drama film starring Toni Collette * ''Mental'' (2016 film), a Bangladeshi romantic-action film starring Shakib Khan * ''Mental'', a 2008 documentary by Kazuhiro Soda * ''Mental'', a 2014 Odia language remake of the 2010 Telugu film ''Seeta Ramula Kalyanam'' * ''Jai Ho'', a 2014 Indian action drama film originally titled ''Mental'' Other uses * ''Mental'' (TV series), a 2009 TV series produced by Fox Telecolombia * ''Mental'' (album), a 2014 album by KJ-52 *"Mental", a song by Eels from their 1996 album ''Beautiful Freak'' *Mental (Sri Aurobindo), a term in the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo See also * * Mental disability (other) * Mental foramen, an opening on the anterior surface of the mandible * Mental health Mental health is often mistakenly equated with the absence of mental illness. However, mental health refers to a person's overall emotional, psycholog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Psychiatry
History of psychiatry is the study of the history of and changes in psychiatry, a medical specialty which diagnoses, prevents and treats mental disorders Ancient Specialty in psychiatry can be traced in Ancient India. The oldest texts on psychiatry include the ayurvedic text, Charaka Samhita. Some of the first hospitals for curing mental illness were established during the 3rd century BCE. During the 5th century BCE, mental disorders, especially those with psychotic traits, were considered supernatural in origin,Elkes, A. & Thorpe, J.G. (1967). ''A Summary of Psychiatry''. London: Faber & Faber, p. 13. a view which existed throughout ancient Greece and Rome. The beginning of psychiatry as a medical specialty is dated to the middle of the nineteenth century, although one may trace its germination to the late eighteenth century. Some of the early manuals about mental disorders were created by the Greeks. In the 4th century BCE, Hippocrates theorized that physiological abnormal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Psychiatry
Social psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry that studies how the social environment impacts mental health and mental illness. It applies a cultural and societal lens on mental health by focusing on mental illness prevention, community-based care, mental health policy, and societal impact of mental health. It is closely related to cultural psychiatry and community psychiatry. Social psychiatry research is interdisciplinary by nature. It takes an Epidemiological method, epidemiological research approach and involves collaboration between psychiatrists and social scientists across sociology, anthropology, and social psychology. It has been associated with the development of Community mental health service, community-based care and therapeutic communities, and emphasizes the effect of Socioeconomic status and mental health, socioeconomic factors on mental illness. Social psychiatry can be contrasted with biopsychiatry, which focuses on genetics, brain neurochemistry and medication. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychopharmacology
Psychopharmacology (from Greek ; ; and ) is the scientific study of the effects drugs have on mood, sensation, thinking, behavior, judgment and evaluation, and memory. It is distinguished from neuropsychopharmacology, which emphasizes the correlation between drug-induced changes in the functioning of cells in the nervous system and changes in consciousness and behavior. The field of psychopharmacology studies a wide range of substances with various types of psychoactive properties, focusing primarily on the chemical interactions with the brain. The term "psychopharmacology" was likely first coined by David Macht in 1920. Psychoactive drugs interact with particular target sites or receptors found in the nervous system to induce widespread changes in physiological or psychological functions. The specific interaction between drugs and their receptors is referred to as " drug action", and the widespread changes in physiological or psychological function is referred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinical Psychopathology
Clinical may refer to: Healthcare * Of or about a clinic, a healthcare facility * Of or about the practice of medicine Other uses * ''Clinical'' (film), a 2017 American horror thriller See also * * * Clinical chemistry, the analysis of bodily fluids for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes * Clinical death, the cessation of blood circulation and breathing * Clinical formulation, a theoretically-based explanation of information obtained from clinical assessment * Clinical governance, a systematic approach to maintaining and improving the quality of patient care * Clinical linguistics, linguistics applied to speech-language pathology * Clinical psychology, the understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction * Clinical research, to determine the safety and effectiveness of medications etc. * Clinical significance, the practical importance of a treatment effect * Clinical trial, experiments or observations done in clinical research * Clinical w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinical Psychiatry
Clinical psychology is an integration of human science, behavioral science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or Mental disorder, dysfunction and to promote subjective mental health, well-being and personal development.Thomas G. Plante, Plante, Thomas. (2005). ''Contemporary Clinical Psychology.'' New York: Wiley. Central to its practice are psychological testing, psychological assessment, clinical formulation, and psychotherapy, although clinical psychologists also engage in research, teaching, consultation, forensic testimony, and program development and administration.Brain, Christine. (2002). ''Advanced psychology: applications, issues and perspectives.'' Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes. In many countries, clinical psychology is a regulated mental health professional, mental health profession. The field is generally considered to have begun in 1896 with the opening of the first psychological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has 6 regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. Only sovereign states are eligible to join, and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the international level. The WHO's purpose is to achieve the highest possible level of health for all the world's people, defining health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." The main functions of the World Health Organization include promoting the control of epidemic and endemic diseases; providing and improving the teaching and training in public health, the medical treatment of disease, and related matters; and promoting the establishment of international standards for biologic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltazar Caravedo
Balthazar, Balthasar, Baltasar, or Baltazar may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Balthazar'' (novel), by Lawrence Durrell, 1958 * ''Balthasar'', an 1889 book by Anatole France * ''Professor Balthazar'', a Croatian animated TV series, 1967–1978 * ''Balthazar'' (TV series), a 2018 French crime thriller drama * Balthazar (band), a Belgian indie pop and rock group * DJ Balthazar, a Bulgarian group * ''Au hasard Balthazar'', a 1966 French film directed by Robert Bresson People Footballers * Baltasar (footballer) (born 1966), Portuguese footballer * Baltasar Gonçalves (born 1948), or Baltasar, Portuguese footballer * Baltazar (footballer, born 1926) (1926–1997), Oswaldo da Silva, Brazilian football striker * Baltasar (footballer, born 1933) (1933–2019), Egydio Felizardo, Brazilian football striker * Baltazar (footballer, born 1959), Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior, Brazilian football striker * Marco Balthazar (born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Batata (foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Víctor Larco Herrera Hospital
Víctor Larco Herrera National Hospital () is a psychiatric establishment founded in 1918 in the district of Magdalena del Mar, Lima, Peru. History On January 1, 1918, the ''Asilo Colonia de la Magdalena'' was inaugurated as an establishment for the care of the mentally ill in the city of Lima, which replaced the old ''Hospital Civil de la Misericordia''. Its first director was the doctor Hermilio Valdizán. On January 1, 1919, the landowner and philanthropist Víctor Larco Herrera was appointed inspector of the Asylum, who donated the sum of S/. 1 million for the expansion of the new hospital. In 1921 the asylum took the name of its benefactor as its eponym and in 1930 it was renamed the "Víctor Larco Herrera" Hospital, a name it retains to this day. See also *Hospital Civil de la Misericordia The Hospital Civil de la Misericordia, also known as the Hospicio de Insanos or Manicomio del Cercado, was a mental institution that operated in the former Quinta Cortés of the nei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
