Odborná starostlivosť o duševne chorých pohľadom Jakuba Fischera
Professional Mental Health Care from the Perspective of Jakub Fischer
Author(s): Babeta JurámikováSubject(s): History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), History of Psychology, 19th Century
Published by: Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: History of Psychiatry; Slovakia; Kingdom of Hungary; Bratislava; Jakub Fischer; 19th Century;
Summary/Abstract: This study reflects on mental illness in selected printed sources by Jakub Fischer, who was the head of the psychiatric department at the Regional Hospital in Bratislava (now the University Hospital on Mickiewiczova Street). This hospital was one of the first psychiatric facilities in what is now Slovakia. The study describes the approach and functioning of this department, which was one of the pioneering medical institutions in the territory of the then Hungary, based on chosen sources. These sources also provide an insight into mental health and related issues in the period before the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Journal: Studia Historica Nitriensia
- Issue Year: 29/2025
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 405-424
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Slovak
