Le traitement médicamenteux de l’angoisse collective à partir de la Première Guerre mondiale

The aim of this paper is to comment on the importance of World War One in the advent of the medicalization of certain emotions such as anguish and, more generally speaking, anxiety. They had already been identified by physicians coming from the fields of different medical specialties. The paper trie...

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Main Author: Nicolas Sueur
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Language:English
Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2022-01-01
Series:Histoire, Médecine et Santé
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/hms/4879
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description The aim of this paper is to comment on the importance of World War One in the advent of the medicalization of certain emotions such as anguish and, more generally speaking, anxiety. They had already been identified by physicians coming from the fields of different medical specialties. The paper tries to show that these emotions had been well established in the medical and pharmaceutical landscapes well before the advent of antidepressants. The paper tries, in particular, to shift the viewpoint from the soldiers to the civilians.
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spelling doaj.art-877728f0a9254b708c0dfec6f3e842b22023-02-09T16:10:53ZengPresses universitaires du MidiHistoire, Médecine et Santé2263-89112557-21132022-01-011912514310.4000/hms.4879Le traitement médicamenteux de l’angoisse collective à partir de la Première Guerre mondialeNicolas SueurThe aim of this paper is to comment on the importance of World War One in the advent of the medicalization of certain emotions such as anguish and, more generally speaking, anxiety. They had already been identified by physicians coming from the fields of different medical specialties. The paper tries to show that these emotions had been well established in the medical and pharmaceutical landscapes well before the advent of antidepressants. The paper tries, in particular, to shift the viewpoint from the soldiers to the civilians.http://journals.openedition.org/hms/4879anguishanxietyemotionmedicalizationdrugstherapeutics
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Le traitement médicamenteux de l’angoisse collective à partir de la Première Guerre mondiale
Histoire, Médecine et Santé
anguish
anxiety
emotion
medicalization
drugs
therapeutics
title Le traitement médicamenteux de l’angoisse collective à partir de la Première Guerre mondiale
title_full Le traitement médicamenteux de l’angoisse collective à partir de la Première Guerre mondiale
title_fullStr Le traitement médicamenteux de l’angoisse collective à partir de la Première Guerre mondiale
title_full_unstemmed Le traitement médicamenteux de l’angoisse collective à partir de la Première Guerre mondiale
title_short Le traitement médicamenteux de l’angoisse collective à partir de la Première Guerre mondiale
title_sort le traitement medicamenteux de l angoisse collective a partir de la premiere guerre mondiale
topic anguish
anxiety
emotion
medicalization
drugs
therapeutics
url http://journals.openedition.org/hms/4879
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