Falret, M. 1794-1870
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- De la non-existence de la monomanie, 1854:t.p. (le Dr. Falret, Médecin de la Salpêtrière, Membre de l'Académie impérial de Médecine, etc.)
- Discours prononcê sur la tombe de M. Esquirol, 1841:t.p. (par M. Falret, son ancien élève).
- De l'enseignement clinique des maladies mentales,1850:t.p. (par M. Falret, Médecin en chef de la premiere section des alienees de l'hospice de la Salpêtrière, Membre de l'Académie nationale de Medecine et de la Légion-d'Honneur).
- Leçons cliniques de médecine mentale faites a l'Hospice de la Salpêtrière, 1854:t.p. (par M. Falret, Médecin de la 1re section des Alienées à l'hospice de la Salpêtrière, Membre de l'Académie nationale de Médecine et de la Légion d'Honneur).
- Hirsch, Biographisches Lexikon hervortagender Aertze,2: 476 (Falret, Vater und zwi Söhne. Der Erste, Jean-Pierre F., geboren zu Marsillac im Departement Lot den 26 . April 1794, widmete sich schon mit 17 Jahren dem der Medicin, dem er siet 1811... Durch Pinel und Esquirol angereggt, pflegte er mit besonderer Vorliebe die Irenheilkunde... in 1870...starb er.)
- Dechambre, 4th ser., I (37) 1877171 (Falret (Jean-Pierre), né à Marcillac (Lot ), le 26 Mai 1794, mort dans cette dernière ville, le 28 octobre 1870, pendant le siége de Paris. Ce savant recommandabel par les qualités du coeur et de l'esprit, a passé toute sa vie dans l'étude des maladies mentales. Élèves d'Esquirol, il a continué les oeuvres du maîtres, et n'a pas ete etranger aux progres d'une specialite...)
- OCLC database, August 22, 2012(hdg.: Falret, M.; Falret, Jean Pierre, 1794-1870; Falret, Jean-Pierre., Arzt, 1794-1870; .; usage: M. Falret; dr. Falret; Drs. Voisin et Falret ...; Jean Pierre Falret (1839))
Jean-Pierre Falret (French: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ falʁɛ]; 26 April 1794 – 28 October 1870) was a French psychiatrist. He was born and died in Marcilhac-sur-Célé. In 1811 he began his medical studies in Paris, where he was inspired by the work of Philippe Pinel (1745–1826) and Jean Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772–1840). In 1819 he obtained his medical doctorate, afterwards establishing a mental institution with Félix Voisin (1794–1872) at Vanves (1822). In 1831 he was appointed chef de l’hospice at the Salpêtrière, a position he maintained until his retirement in 1867. In 1851 he published an article describing a condition he called la folie circulaire (French pronunciation: [la fɔli siʁkylɛʁ] – circular insanity), of which a patient would experience cycles of manic excitement and cycles of depression. Falret's description is considered to be the earliest documented diagnosis of what today is known as a bipolar affective disorder. Falret believed in the dualistic nature of the individual, and a separation of body and soul. He proposed that when the soul and a diseased condition interact, a phenomenon he called novum organon appeared. Accordingly, this manifestation of the novum organon created disturbances of the soul and caused mental illness. He believed that this mental condition could not be remedied by somatic treatment alone, but mainly through "psychic" moral methods. His son Jules Falret (1824-1902), with psychiatrist Ernest-Charles Lasègue (1816–1883), identified a shared psychotic disorder sometimes referred to as "Lasègue-Falret syndrome" (folie à deux). The syndrome is characterized by the coincidental appearance of psychotic symptoms in family members while living together, as well as retention of the symptoms when the individuals are separated. This syndrome can also involve a situation where a diseased family member transmits psychotic symptoms to healthy members of the family. The two doctors published their findings in a treatise called La folie à deux ou folie communiquée. Today the Le Centre Hospitalier Jean-Pierre Falret is a psychiatric hospital system serving the department of Lot.
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