title: [The stone of madness: starting points of the history of mental health].
abstract: Addressing the relatively recent concern of public health in the issue of mental health problems, the evolution of the concept of mental illness in the occidental pre-modern history is revised, as well as the reasons why it remained outside the mainstream of the professional healing activity. The differences between the naturalist and the supernatural views are explored as well.
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Salud Intercultural, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú. oswaldosalaverry@gmail.com
authors.forename: Oswaldo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Salaverry
mesh_terms: D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history*; D008603:Mental Health / Q000266:history*