Apathy
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Apathy is defined as a state of emotional indifference, insensibility, or listlessness. The article notes its occurrence in individuals with clouded consciousness, dementia, and conditions involving a primary loss of emotional vitality, such as schizophrenia.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
APATHY, apathia (from the Greek a - negative particle, and pathos - suffering), insensibility, dispassion, listlessness of feelings, emotional indifference; it characterizes states observed in people who are in a clouded state of consciousness (dazed), the demented, and those with a primary loss of emotional vitality (in schizophrenia).
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“Apathy.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/apathy/