A journey through child psychiatry: from historical background to the origin of the concept of autism

Authors

  • Anahi Canguçu Marfinati Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
  • Jorge Luís Ferreira Abrão Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v19i2p244-262

Keywords:

autism, child psychiatry, history, child psychopathology.

Abstract

This article is a conceptual study that aims to trace a historical course of the psychiatric knowledge about children, pointing how the conceptualization of autism will lead into this prospect. For such, we divided this work into three parts: the first is dedicated to the discussion of the concept of mental retardment, followed by the questioning of the first reflections on the psychoses of childhood and the birth of the Child Psychiatrist clinic and the conceptualization of autism by Psychiatry. Therefore, we seek to understand the meaning and origin of current practices, critically analyzing the psychiatric manuals and its impact on child psychopathology.

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Author Biographies

  • Anahi Canguçu Marfinati, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
    Mestranda pela Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Assis, SP, Brasil.
  • Jorge Luís Ferreira Abrão, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
    Docente do Departamento de Psicologia Clínica da Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Assis, SP, Brasil.

References

Published

2014-08-21

How to Cite

Marfinati, A. C., & Abrão, J. L. F. (2014). A journey through child psychiatry: from historical background to the origin of the concept of autism. Clinical Styles. The Journal on the Vicissitudes of Childhood, 19(2), 244-262. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v19i2p244-262