Precursores de pesquisas sobre o suicídio
Morselli publicou trabalhos empíricos sobre o suicídio 18 anos antes de Dürkheim. Há um artigo em italiano, de Peloso PF. publicado na revista Pathologica 1992 Jan-Feb;84(1089):107-20. Não é nada fácil conseguir. Peloso compara Morselli, Dürkheim e Freud.
Ver também, de Goldney RD e Schioldann JA., "Pre-Durkheim suicidology". Clicar aqui.
A leitura de Morselli gera uma pergunta intrigante: porque Morselli "sumiu" do mapa ao passo que Dürkheim se transformou em um clássico? Existe medalha dedicada a Morselli pela International Academy of Suicide Research, que honra seu pionerismo e competência. Veja o anúncio:
Morselli Medal
Background History
The Academy most distingiushed award is the Morselli Medal, named after Enrico Morselli, late of the University of Genoa School of Medicine. To Morselli goes the credit for the first exhaustive application of statistical and epidemiological methods to the study of suicide. His work, represented in a massive treatise published in 1879, anticipated by eighteen years, the much better known Suicide: A Study in Sociology by Emil Durkheim, which did not appear until 1897. Morselli was therefore the first scientific, statistically informed epidemiologist in suicidology.
In his treatise Morselli addressed the influence of increasing social complexity on suicide, as well as the influence of individual biological and social circumstances, suicidal methods, and treatment of suicidal patients. He emphasized the importance of mental anguish as a major factor in suicide.
He published about 146 papers in the field of psychiatry, 42 in scientific philosophy, 72 in anthropology, 63 in medicine and neuropathology, 60 in psychology, 60 in forensic psychiatry and legal medicine, and 50 on sociological and educational questions. Morselli was the first to describe what we now know as body dysmorphic disorder—he coined the term dysmorphophobia. He
was interested in questions of euthanasia. Like many other scholars of his time, he also concerned himself with psychic research.
The medal was first awarded in 2003 and the first recipient of the medal was Marie Asberg of Sweden in recognition of her pioneering contribution to the biology of suicidal behavior.
(1) Morselli, E (1879) II Suicidio. Saggio di statistica morale comparata. Milano: Dumolard. Vol. 21 of the “Biblioteca Scientifica Internazionale”.– Idem (1881). Suicide. An Essay On Comparative Moral Statistics…Revised and Abridged By The Author For The English Version. London: C. Kegan Paul. – Idem (1881). German version.
(2) Goldney, R (2000) Pre-Durkheim Suicidology. Crisis 21: 181-186
(3) Vidoni, G (1929) Ricordando Enrico Morselli. Archivo Italiano di Psicologia 7: 161-16
(4) Morselli, E (2001) Dysmorphophobia and taphephobia: Two hitherto undescribed forms of insanity with fixed ideas. Trans. L. Jerome. History of Psychiatry, 12: 103-114
Enrico Morselli
1852-1929
Ver também, de Goldney RD e Schioldann JA., "Pre-Durkheim suicidology". Clicar aqui.
A leitura de Morselli gera uma pergunta intrigante: porque Morselli "sumiu" do mapa ao passo que Dürkheim se transformou em um clássico? Existe medalha dedicada a Morselli pela International Academy of Suicide Research, que honra seu pionerismo e competência. Veja o anúncio:
Morselli Medal
Background History
The Academy most distingiushed award is the Morselli Medal, named after Enrico Morselli, late of the University of Genoa School of Medicine. To Morselli goes the credit for the first exhaustive application of statistical and epidemiological methods to the study of suicide. His work, represented in a massive treatise published in 1879, anticipated by eighteen years, the much better known Suicide: A Study in Sociology by Emil Durkheim, which did not appear until 1897. Morselli was therefore the first scientific, statistically informed epidemiologist in suicidology.
In his treatise Morselli addressed the influence of increasing social complexity on suicide, as well as the influence of individual biological and social circumstances, suicidal methods, and treatment of suicidal patients. He emphasized the importance of mental anguish as a major factor in suicide.
He published about 146 papers in the field of psychiatry, 42 in scientific philosophy, 72 in anthropology, 63 in medicine and neuropathology, 60 in psychology, 60 in forensic psychiatry and legal medicine, and 50 on sociological and educational questions. Morselli was the first to describe what we now know as body dysmorphic disorder—he coined the term dysmorphophobia. He
was interested in questions of euthanasia. Like many other scholars of his time, he also concerned himself with psychic research.
The medal was first awarded in 2003 and the first recipient of the medal was Marie Asberg of Sweden in recognition of her pioneering contribution to the biology of suicidal behavior.
(1) Morselli, E (1879) II Suicidio. Saggio di statistica morale comparata. Milano: Dumolard. Vol. 21 of the “Biblioteca Scientifica Internazionale”.– Idem (1881). Suicide. An Essay On Comparative Moral Statistics…Revised and Abridged By The Author For The English Version. London: C. Kegan Paul. – Idem (1881). German version.
(2) Goldney, R (2000) Pre-Durkheim Suicidology. Crisis 21: 181-186
(3) Vidoni, G (1929) Ricordando Enrico Morselli. Archivo Italiano di Psicologia 7: 161-16
(4) Morselli, E (2001) Dysmorphophobia and taphephobia: Two hitherto undescribed forms of insanity with fixed ideas. Trans. L. Jerome. History of Psychiatry, 12: 103-114
Enrico Morselli
1852-1929
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