The Child Mental Hygiene Clinic in Brazil. Psychology as a Resource
The objective of this study was to demonstrate that members of the Brazilian Mental Hygiene League – most of whom were physicians, educators and jurists – contributed to introduce knowledge in psychology to Brazil during the early 20th century. A bibliographical research study was carried out using...
| Autor Principal: | Francisconi Borges, Roselania; Universidade Estadual de Maringá-PR/Brasil |
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| Otros Autores: | Boarini, Maria Lucia; Universidade Estadual de Maringá-PR/Brasil |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2014
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/7136 |
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The objective of this study was to demonstrate that members of the Brazilian Mental Hygiene League – most of whom were physicians, educators and jurists – contributed to introduce knowledge in psychology to Brazil during the early 20th century. A bibliographical research study was carried out using historical analysis as theoretical perspective and featuring the Brazilian Mental Hygiene Archives – official publication of the League – as primary source. The aim was to demonstrate that the group found a way to explain individual differences from the instruments of psychology, including psychological tests. The assumptions of psychology were taken as scientific support to transform mental hygiene into a vehicle for mental healing of the population. By opening the Euphrenic Clinic to conduct psycho-hygiene of children, they created openings to insert psychology into the fields of education and health, with the goal of performing mental prophylaxis the population, particularly the children. |
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