Gender stigmatization of mental illnesses in the 19th century

V diplomski nalogi raziskujem vpliv družbene percepcije spola na diagnosticiranje psihičnih bolezni v 19. stoletju. Z ozirom na zgodovinsko in družbeno spremenljivost definicije psihičnih bolezni, časovno pogojeno razumevanje norosti in takratno razmerje med spoloma opredelim vzroke in simptome najpogostejših psihiatričnih diagnoz 19. stoletja. Opišem tudi potek zgodovinskega razvoja psihiatrije v evropskem prostoru. Primerjam pogostost različnih duševnih bolezni pri ženskah in moških, z uporabo dostopnih arhivskih podatkov iz Arhiva Republike Slovenije in analizo zdravniških zapisov tedanjega časa pa se posebej posvetim slovenskemu prostoru.In my thesis, I investigate the influence of the social perception of gender on the diagnosis of mental illnesses in the 19th century. Considering the historical and social variability of the definition of mental illnesses, the time-based understanding of madness and the different relation between the genders, I define the causes and symptoms of the most common psychiatric diagnoses of the 19th century. I also describe how the temporal development of psychiatry took place on European territory. I compare the frequency of various mental illnesses in women and men, using available archival data from the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia and the analysis of medical records of the time, and I pay particular attention to the Slovenian area