Psychosocial Reactions to Plagues in the Cultural History of Medicine: A Medical Humanities Approach.
J Nerv Ment Dis
; 208(6): 443-444, 2020 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-432971
ABSTRACT
The aim of this work is to elucidate psychosocial reactions to plagues by analyzing three landmark descriptions from different eras Thucydides' description of the plague of Athens (430 BC) in The History of the Peloponnesian War, Giovanni Boccaccio's description of the plague in Florence (1348) in The Decameron, and Albert Camus' description in The Plague (1947). Using a narrative inquiry, we found psychosocial reactions to be complex and ambivalent and could discern several coping strategies. We propose that this knowledge can help psychiatrists and other healthcare professionals during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Plague
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Social Behavior
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Pandemics
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Medicine in Literature
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Nerv Ment Dis
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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