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Title:Biology or Environment? : Diagnostic Trends in Slovenian Psychiatry from World War I to World War II
Authors:ID Cergol Paradiž, Ana (Author)
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Language:English
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:Logo IRRIS - Institute IRRIS for Research, Development and Strategies of Society, Culture and Environment
Abstract:This article examines the role of psychiatrists and psychiatric institutions in the Slovenian environment during the tumultuous periods of World War I, the interwar years, and World War II. Drawing on quantitative and qualitative analyses of 2,220 patient files from the Ljubljana Psychiatric Hospital, it explores diagnostic trends, focusing on the role of biological determinism in explaining mental disease. The study highlights the influence of Habsburg-era scientific hereditary/biologically oriented traditions and the broader socio-political contexts shaping psychiatric practices. It also investigates how war psychological suffering was understood, documented, and occasionally dismissed, reflecting broader attitudes toward mental disease and disability in Yugoslavia.
Keywords:Slovenia, psychiatry, war, psychological suffering, biological determinism, Ljubljana Psychiatric Hospital, psychiatric diagnostics, World War I, World War II
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:01.01.2026
Year of publishing:2026
Number of pages:77-94
Numbering:34, 1
PID:20.500.12556/DiRROS-30604 New window
UDC:94(05)
DOI:10.19233/AH.2026.05 New window
Copyright:Imetniki avtorskih pravic na prispevkih so avtorji. CC BY 4.0
Publication date in DiRROS:30.06.2026
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Record is a part of a journal

Title:Acta Histriae
Publisher:Zgodovinsko društvo za južno Primorsko - Koper; Inštitut IRRIS za raziskave, razvoj in strategije družbe, kulture in okolja
ISSN:1318-0185
COBISS.SI-ID:34491648 New window

Document is financed by a project

Funder:EC - European Commission
Funding programme:HE
Project number:101109634
Name:Children, trauma and political violence in Italo-Slovene Borderland (1945-1960)
Acronym:RETROCHILD
Funder:EC - European Commission
Funding programme:H2020
Project number:742683
Name:Post-war trasistions in gendered perspective: the case of the North-Eastern Adricatic Region
Acronym:EIRENE
Funder:ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Funding programme:Raziskovalni projekti
Project number:J6-3123
Name:Greh, sramota, simptom: samomor in njegove percepcije na Slovenskem (1850–2000)

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License:CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Licensing start date:01.01.2026
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Secondary language

Language:Italian
Title:Biologia o contesto sociale? : Tendenze diagnostiche nella psichiatria slovena dalla Prima alla Seconda guerra mondiale
Abstract:Questo articolo esamina il ruolo degli psichiatri e delle istituzioni psichiatriche nell’ambiente sloveno durante i turbolenti periodi della prima guerra mondiale, degli anni tra le due guerre e della seconda guerra mondiale. Attraverso un’analisi quantitativa e qualitativa di 2.220 cartelle cliniche provenienti dall’Ospedale Psichiatrico di Lubiana, vengono esaminate le tendenze diagnostiche, con particolare attenzione al peso del determinismo biologico nell’interpretazione della malattia mentale. Lo studio mette in evidenza l’influenza delle tradizioni scientifiche di orientamento ereditario/biologico dell’epoca asburgica, insieme ai più ampi contesti socio-politici che hanno influenzato le pratiche psichiatriche. Viene inoltre indagato il modo in cui il trauma della guerra fu compreso, registrato e talvolta sottovalutato, rivelando atteggiamenti più generali nei confronti della malattia mentale e della disabilità in Jugoslavia.
Keywords:Slovenia, psichiatria, trauma di guerra, determinismo biologico, Ospedale Psichiatrico di Lubiana, diagnostica psichiatrica, prima guerra mondiale, seconda guerra Mondiale


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