Antheaume
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Antheaume was a French psychiatrist who studied drug addictions, psychopathies, periodic psychoses, and army psychoses. He was an advocate for 'open' psychiatric departments and a leader in professional organization of French neurologists and psychiatrists.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
ANTHEAUME, Andre (Andre Antheaume, 1867-1927), French psychiatrist who studied drug addictions and psychopathies, periodic psychoses and psychoses in the army, was one of the advocates for the establishment of so-called 'open' psychiatric departments, and is also known as an activist for the professional organization of French neurologists and psychiatrists.
From 1905 until his death, he was one of the editors of the journal 'L'Encephale', under which in 1906 he founded the supplement 'L'Informateur des Alienistes et des Neurologistes', which was recently transformed into the organ of the mental hygiene movement - 'L'Hygiene Mentale'.
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“Antheaume.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/antheaume/