Ernst Rüdin’s Unpublished 1922-1925 Study “Inheritance of Manic-Depressive Insanity”: Genetic Research Findings Subordinated to Eugenic Ideology

In the early 20(th) century, there were few therapeutic options for mental illness and asylum numbers were rising. This pessimistic outlook favoured the rise of the eugenics movement. Heredity was assumed to be the principal cause of mental illness. Politicians, scientists and clinicians in North Am...

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Autores principales: Kösters, Gundula, Steinberg, Holger, Kirkby, Kenneth Clifford, Himmerich, Hubertus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26544949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005524

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26544949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005524

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