| The syndrome of accident proneness (Unfallneigung): why psychiatrists did not adopt and medicalize it. | |
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PMID: 20617632 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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In the World War I period, psychologists in Britain and Germany independently and simultaneously originated the idea of accident proneness (Unfallneigung). This distinctive syndrome of suffering a series of accidents was logically attractive for psychiatrists and psychoanalysts, especially as a pattern of unconsciously motivated deviant and self-destructive behaviour. Yet except for some mid-twentieth-century interest by psychosomatics specialists, psychiatrists did not systematically embrace the syndrome except occasionally as a symptom of other psychiatric conditions, thus showing that there were limits to the extent to which twentieth-century psychiatrists would medicalize patterns of behaviour. |
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Authors:
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John C Burnham |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: History of psychiatry Volume: 19 ISSN: 0957-154X ISO Abbreviation: Hist Psychiatry Publication Date: 2008 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-07-12 Completed Date: 2010-08-20 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9013819 Medline TA: Hist Psychiatry Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 251-74 Citation Subset: QIS |
Affiliation:
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Department of History, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1367, USA. Burnham.2@osu.edu |
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Accident Prevention
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history* Accident Proneness* Accidents, Occupational / history* Great Britain History, 20th Century Humans Psychiatry / history* Psychoanalysis / history* Wounds and Injuries / history* |
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