Psychic -sick- pacient in the XVth century in Spain. Concept of this pacient as different and curable: its care

Abstract

This article gives us the tendences that existed in the XVth century, about the ideas of sickness, because this was the epoch of transition between medieval and modern world. It shows us the importance of the historical evolution of the concept madness and the consideration of the mad-person as a psychic-sick-pacient in relation to the evolution of psychiatric cares.

Keywords

• Enfermos mentales
• Locura
• Cuidados psiquiátricos
• España
• Siglo XV