“Prototypic personality disorder” and the social issue: The category of psychopathy in Polish psychiatry in the interwar period.
Jan Kornaj
Abstract:The category of psychopathy has a long history, and its meaning has undergone a notable evolution since its conception in the 19th century. The history of psychopathy has been concentrating mainly on English-and German-speaking psychopathology. This article investigates definitions of psychopathy, its classification, and social issues associated with this category in Polish psychiatry in the interwar period. Polish definitions of psychopathy were influenced predominantly by Ernst Kretschmer's constitutional th… Show more
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