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A historical perspective on neurological and neuropsychiatric definitions (2020)
Book Chapter
Berrios, G., & Markova, I. (2021). A historical perspective on neurological and neuropsychiatric definitions. In C. Brayne, V. L. Feigin, L. J. Launer, & G. Logroscino (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Neurologic and Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology (3-8). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198749493.003.0001

Taking a historical epistemological perspective, this chapter explores how neurology and neuropsychiatry were constructed. As a medical specialism developing in the 19th century, neurology resulted from the convergence of: (1) the term ‘neurology’; (... Read More about A historical perspective on neurological and neuropsychiatric definitions.

Historical epistemology of the 'unitary psychosis' (2020)
Book Chapter
Berrios, G., & Markova, I. (2021). Historical epistemology of the 'unitary psychosis'. In C. A. Tamminga (ed. ), J. van Os, U. Reininghaus, & E. Ivleva (Eds.), Psychotic Disorders: Comprehensive Conceptualization and Treatments (12-20). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190653279.003.0002

This chapter identifies and discusses the central and supporting concepts that seem to have participated in the construction of the concept of unitary psychosis. It proposes that concepts can be organized in terms of a simplified three-strata model t... Read More about Historical epistemology of the 'unitary psychosis'.