Algunas reflexiones sobre la historia del movimiento de higiene mental a cien años del fallido primer Congreso Internacional (París, 1922)

Abstract

In 1922, the Ligue Française d'Hygiène et Prophylaxie Mentales (LFHM) offered to organize the first International Congress of Mental Hygiene, later renamed the Congrès d'Hygiène Mentale de Paris (June 1-4, 1922). This event will be the starting point to discuss a predominant perspective in the history of the international mental hygiene movement, which originated in the United States under the impetus of Clifford Beers from 1908 onwards. To this end, other LFHM initiatives in the 1920s will be considered, such as the holding of European meetings and the project for a Latin Union of Mental Hygiene Leagues. Finally, the article presents a few possible threads to explore an alternative genealogy for the origins of the international mental hygiene movement, as Georges Genil-Perrin and Édouard Toulouse, respectively Secretary General and President of the LFHM have argued.

Keywords

• higiene mental
• Clifford Beers
• Liga Francesa de Higiene Mental
• Édouard Toulouse
• Georges Genil-Perrin
• Congreso Internacional de Higiene Mental