Jean Pierre Falret
Jean-Pierre Falret (1794 – 1870) was a French psychiatrist.
Falret studied depression and suicide for 32 years and recorded cycles of depression and of elation which he named maladie circulaire and which is more commonly termed bipolar disorder
Biography
- Born 26 April 1794, Marseille
- 1838 – Promoted a law aimed at restoring the civic rights of the mentally ill
- 1841 – Founded la Société de Patronage
- Died 28 October 1870
Original
English
La personne souffrant de troubles de santé mentale est d’abord une personne, sujet de droit et de devoir, capable d’intelligence et de progrès, qui a toute sa place dans le monde.
Jean-Pierre Falret, 1841
The person suffering from mental health problems is first and foremost a person, subject of right and duty, capable of intelligence and progress, who has his place in the world.
Jean-Pierre Falret, 1841
Medical Eponyms
Falret syndrome (1854) [aka maladie de Farlet]
Psychiatric disorder defined by more than one episode of mania (hypomania; acute delirious mania) and one of depression. Transition between the two states is usually fluid, however a period normal mental state between phases may occur.
Controversies
Lasègue-Falret syndrome (1877) [*aka Folie à deux] was first described by Ernest-Charles Lasègue (1816 – 1883) and Falret’s son… Jules Philippe Falret (1824-1902)…in 1877, 7 years after the death of Jean-Pierre Falret (1794 – 1870)
Major Publications
- Falret J. Observations et propositions médico-chirurgicales. Thèses du 19e siècle
- Falret J-P. De l’hypochondrie et du suicide. Paris, Croullebois 1822
- Falret J-P. Observations sur le projet de loi relatif aux aliénés. 1837
- Falret J-P. De l’enseignement clinique des maladies mentales. 1850
- Falret J-P. Leçons cliniques de médecine mentale faites à l’Hospice de la Salpêtrière. 1854
- Falret J-P. Mémoire sur la folie circulaire, forme de maladie mentale caractérisée par la reproduction successive et régulière de l’état manique, de l’état mélancolique, et d’un intervalle lucide plus ou moins prolongé. Bulletin de l’Académie nationale de médecine, 1854; 19: 382-400
- Falret J-P. Des maladies mentales et des asiles d’aliénés leçons cliniques & considérations générales. 1864
References
- Loiseau C. Eloge de Jean-Pierre Falret. 1871
- Jean-Pierre Falret (1794-1870). Annales Médico-Psychologiques, Revue Psychiatrique, 2006; 164(1): 85–91.
- Bibliography. Falret, Jean Pierre. WorldCat Identities
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