@article{VillasenorBayardo, author = {Villase{\~n}or Bayardo, Sergio Javier}, title = {Historical aspects of Mexican psychiatry}, series = {International Review of Psychiatry, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2016, pp. 154-173. [Online ISSN 1369-1627] [doi.org/10.3109/09540261.2016.1158703]}, journal = {International Review of Psychiatry, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2016, pp. 154-173. [Online ISSN 1369-1627] [doi.org/10.3109/09540261.2016.1158703]}, abstract = {Mexican psychiatry initiated since pre-Hispanic times. Historically, treatments were a mixture of magic, science and religion. Ancient Nahuas had their own medical concepts with a holistic view of medicine, considering men and cosmos as a whole. The first psychiatric hospital appeared in 1566 and a more modern psychiatric asylum emerged until 1910. International exchanges of theoretical approaches started in the National University with the visit of Pierre Janet. There were other important figures that influenced Mexican psychiatry, such as Erich Fromm, Henri Ey, Jean Garrab{\´e} and Yves Thoret. Regarding Mexican psychiatrists, some of the most important contributors to Mexican psychiatry were Jos{\´e} Luis Pati{\~n}o Rojas, Manuel Guevara Oropeza and Ram{\´o}n de la Fuente Mu{\~n}iz. This article includes excerpts from >Clinical Psychiatry<, a book by Pati{\~n}o Rojas where he tries to understand and describe the inner world experienced by patients with schizophrenia; also, the thesis conducted by Guevara Oropeza (>Psychoanalisis<), which is a critical comparison between the theories of Janet and Freud. Finally, we include >The study of consciousness: current status< by Ram{\´o}n de la Fuente, which leads us through the initial investigations concerning consciousness, its evolution, and the contributions made by psychology, philosophy and neurobiology.}, language = {en} }