Vladimir Serbsky
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—, Moscow
) was one of the founders of the forensic psychiatry
in Russia. An author of The Forensic Psychopathology, Serbskiy thought delinquency to have no congenital diatheses, considering it to be caused by social reasons.
A disciple of Sergey Korsakov, Serbskiy was the head physician of Tambov
mental hospital from 1885 to 1887. Then he was offered the rank of the senior assistant in the mental hospital of Moscow University. In 1902 Serbsky became a professor extraordinary and the head of psychiatric studies at Moscow University.
Serbskiy died of kidney disease. The Central Institute of Forensic Psychiatry was named after Serbskiy in 1921. Now the facility is known as the Serbsky State Scientific Center for Social and Forensic Psychiatry.
Noginsk
Noginsk is a town and the administrative center of Noginsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of the MKAD ring road on the Klyazma River. Population:...
—, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
) was one of the founders of the forensic psychiatry
Forensic psychiatry
Forensic psychiatry is a sub-speciality of psychiatry and an auxiliar science of criminology. It encompasses the interface between law and psychiatry...
in Russia. An author of The Forensic Psychopathology, Serbskiy thought delinquency to have no congenital diatheses, considering it to be caused by social reasons.
A disciple of Sergey Korsakov, Serbskiy was the head physician of Tambov
Tambov
Tambov is a city and the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Tsna and Studenets Rivers southeast of Moscow...
mental hospital from 1885 to 1887. Then he was offered the rank of the senior assistant in the mental hospital of Moscow University. In 1902 Serbsky became a professor extraordinary and the head of psychiatric studies at Moscow University.
Serbskiy died of kidney disease. The Central Institute of Forensic Psychiatry was named after Serbskiy in 1921. Now the facility is known as the Serbsky State Scientific Center for Social and Forensic Psychiatry.
Major works
- The Forensic Psychopathology (1896-1900)
- On Dementia praecoxDementia praecoxDementia praecox refers to a chronic, deteriorating psychotic disorder characterized by rapid cognitive disintegration, usually beginning in the late teens or early adulthood. It is a term first used in 1891 in this Latin form by Arnold Pick , a professor of psychiatry at the German branch of...
(1902) - Manual of Study of Mental Diseases (1906)