Abstract

SUAREZ-GUZMAN, Francisco J  and  PERAL P, Diego. Causes of mortality due to psychiatric diseases in Jerez de los Caballeros (Badajoz, España) in the nineteenth century. Rev Neuropsiquiatr [online]. 2017, vol.80, n.3, pp.158-164. ISSN 0034-8597.  http://dx.doi.org/10.20453/rnp.v80i3.3152.

Introduction: The causes of mortality from psychiatric diseases found in Jerez de los Caballeros (Badajoz, Spain) during the 19th. Century, are classified in different groups following the Bertillon Classification based on etiologic and anatomical models. Objectives: To examine statistical and clinical details about the causes of mortality from psychiatric disease found in the documentation studied. Material and Methods: Pertinent information was obtained from the Death Register of the local Parish Archives. Results: 26203 deaths had been recorded. In 7665 of them, no cause of death was recorded; from the remaining 18538, psychiatric pathologies account for the fifteenth cause of death, with 57 cases recorded or 0.3% of the total mortality rate, and hysteric colic being the most frequent diagnosis. Discussion: The study reflects the difficulties in gathering reliable data for areas like this due to possible errors in transcription, interpretation and diagnosis of documentation of two centuries back.

Keywords : Hysteria; history of psychiatry; mortality; suicide.

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