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Philippe Pinel
Philippe Pinel was a French physician, precursor of psychiatry and incidentally a zoologist. He was instrumental in the development of a more humane psychological approach to the custody and care of psychiatric patients, referred to today as moral therapy. He worked for the abolition of the shackling of mental patients by chains and, more generally, for the humanisation of their treatment. He also…
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science · French psychiatrist (1745–1826) · psychiatrist · physician · zoologist · psychologist · also Philippe Pinel, Pinel
Born 20 April 1745 · Died 25 October 1826 · Q311594
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2025· 2 entries
Radio-Canada: D’Empathie à l’hôpital Philippe-Pinel, les vrais visages derrière la série
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2023· 3 entries
Le Devoir: Des employés de l’Institut Philippe-Pinel votent en faveur de moyens de pression
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Le Journal de Montréal: Une tentative de mutinerie à l’institut Philippe-Pinel
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Le Devoir: L’institut Philippe-Pinel demande un autre mois pour évaluer Pierre Ny St-Amand
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2014· 1 entry
Newswire: Institut Philippe-Pinel : 50 ans d'histoires : L'hôpital surspécialisé en psychiatrie légale publie un ouvrage retraçant son parcours exceptionnel
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1826· 1 entry
Died 1826-10-25.
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1822· 1 entry
With ten other professors, suspected of political liberalism, but reinstated as an honorary professor shortly thereafter
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1806· 1 entry
Although Davis substituted Pinel's introduction for his own, leaving out among other things Pinel's strong praise for Alexander Crichton
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1804· 2 entries
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1804).
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And was a member of the Académie de Médecine from its founding in 1820
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1802· 1 entry
Pinel published La Médecine Clinique which was based on his experiences at the Salpêtrière and in which he extended his previous book on classification and disease
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1801· 1 entry
Pinel discusses his psychologically oriented approach
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1745· 1 entry
Born 1745-04-20.
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