[In the footsteps of Pinel at the Salpêtrière, concerning some unedited documents].
In 1802, the government transferred the treatment of all indigent mentally ill women in the Paris region to Salpêtrière Hospice where Philippe Pinel was physician-in-chief. Four newly identified folio registers in the Paris hospital archives document how Pinel applied what he called "traitement moral" to the women under his care. He elaborated a method of supervised living and encouragement to work. The newly discovered case histories reveal that, in 3 years and 9 months - the timespan of Pinel's report to the Academy of Sciences - 265 out of 1077 patients returned to their families, but 107 women, though cured, remained under police supervision. There appears to be no follow-up study.
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Center for the Health Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, 90024.
D005260:Female; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history*; D008884:Milieu Therapy / Q000266:history; D011203:Poverty / Q000266:history*; D012960:Socioenvironmental Therapy / Q000266:history*; D016387:Women's Health
Sur les pas de Pinel à la Salpêtrière, d'après des documents inédits.