Prof. José Leme Lopes (1904-1990): the pioneer of the multi-axial diagnosis

Nardi, Antônio Egídio; Hallak, Jaime Eduardo Cecílio; Crippa, José Alexandre S

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“…Nosologists from other parts of the globe sometimes overlook the history of Iberian descriptive psychopathology. Spanish-and Portuguese-speaking authors have provided important contributions to pre-DSM-III psychiatry including the conceptual basis for multiaxial diagnosis (by Professor Jose´Luis Leme Lopes in Brazil), 19 the description of the so-called 'anxious thymopathy' as an endogenous condition (by Professor Lopez-Ibo´r in Spain) 20 and the loss of 'intentionality' of consciousness (i.e. atelesis) as the basic cognitive deficits in schizophrenia (by Professor Hono´rio Delgado in Peru).…”

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Vallejo-Nágera (1926–1990) and the concept of ‘soteric neurosis’: a forgotten sketch of hoarding disorder in the obsessive-compulsive spectrum literature

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2014

J Med Biogr

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Juan Antonio Vallejo-Nágera, psychiatrist, painter and writer, wrote a widely adopted textbook of psychiatry in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, particularly during the 1970s, the famous Introducción a la psiquiatría. There, he advanced the concept of soteric neurosis, a condition regarded as a 'mirror image' of phobias and similar to the diagnostic entity described in DSM-5 under the heading of hoarding disorder. Indeed, much earlier than the recent nosological discussions on hoarding, Vallejo-Nágera already reported soteric neurosis to be distinct from obsessive-compulsive disorder and to be associated with excessive attachment to objects and positive affect (pleasure), leading to accumulation, decreased treatment seeking, increasing interference in daily activities and blurred boundaries with normality. Vallejo-Nágera also made several predictions, including the propensity soteric neurosis patients may have towards the development of separation anxiety, obesity and other 'masked' symptoms. In the light of his original and insightful contributions to the concept of hoarding disorder, it would be interesting to assess his hypotheses in future studies.

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