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De la Casa de Orates al juzgado: pericia alienista y evaluacion judicial de la locura en Santiago de Chile hacia 1860 / From the Casa de Orates to the courtroom: psychiatric expertise and legal assessment of madness in Santiago de Chile around 1860
Gomez, Maria Jose Correa.
  • Gomez, Maria Jose Correa; Universidad Andres Bello. Academica del Departamento de Artes y Humanidades. Vina del Mar. CL
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos ; 20(2): 571-585, abr-jun/2013.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-680055
RESUMEN
Este artículo explora el posicionamiento de la autoridad alienista en el ámbito de la justicia civil a través del estudio de evaluaciones periciales en procesos de interdicción por demencia en Santiago de Chile a mediados del siglo XIX. Presenta el marco legal que dio espacio a la figura del experto y se detiene en el ejercicio pericial cotidiano, con el objeto de abordar algunas de las fuerzas que legitimaron su autoridad en las cambiantes condiciones del temprano alienismo.
ABSTRACT
This article explores the position of mental health authorities in the civil justice field by studying psychiatric evaluations in cases of judicial interdiction on account of dementia in Santiago de Chile in the mid nineteenth century. It examines the legal framework that created a space for the figure of the expert and focuses on the everyday use of psychiatric evaluations, in order to explore some of the forces which legitimized their authority in the changing conditions of early psychiatry.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Psychiatry / Mental Health / Legal Interdiction Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Chile Language: Spanish Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Chile Institution/Affiliation country: Universidad Andres Bello/CL

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Psychiatry / Mental Health / Legal Interdiction Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Chile Language: Spanish Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Chile Institution/Affiliation country: Universidad Andres Bello/CL