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l,int he r egi on oft he royalf alcon Het ravel edt hroughoutEur ope,vi si
ti
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farms , cal led " sokol "i n t he S l
avic s ever als peci alized hos pi t
al st os tudy
l
anguage.Af ter1800,t he monas ter
y the b e s
t me tho ds o f t
re a tme nt and
space was r eor gani zed and hous ed moder n condi ti
ons f or pr oviding
thet heol ogi cal s
emi nar yforpr i
es tsand me n ta lhe a l
th c are,su c h as the "Be lAir
"
deacons wher e, l ater, t he gr eat hos pi tal i n Geneva, ps ychiat r
ic
Romani an wr iterI on Cr eangă woul d ho s
p ita l
s i
n En g l
a nd, Be l
g ium, Fran ce ,
However ,t he ment allyillwer e hous ed Ger many or S cot land; he al s
o
and car ed f ori n monas teri
es .Due t o p ubli
sh e d a mo nog ra ph a bo ut the
the i ncr eas e i n t heir number ,t he lat t
er .
deci si
on wasmade t o establ i
sht wo "
i
ns ti
tutionsf ort he i ns ane"i n Mol dova
and Munt eni a,whi chwoul dt akecar e T hef ounderoft heS ocol aHos pit
alcol -
oft hem i nt hebes tcondi t
ions .In1896, l abor atesaf ter1912wi thC. I.
Par hon,a
after much debat e, a gover nment p r
ofe sso ra tth e D epa rtme nt of Nervous
commi ssi
on and uni versi
ty pr of essors and Ps ychi cDi seasesoft heF acul tyof
deci ded t o bui l
dt he hos pi
talon t he Me d i
c ine in Lasi,the latte r be co ming
formers it
eoft heS ocol asemi nar y.T hus,t he di rect oroft he hos pitalbet ween
the hos pitalbecomest he studycl ini
c 1917 a nd 19 33 . Pr
o fe s
s or C.I.Parhon
bas ef ort heF acul tyofMedi cinei nL aș
i. dedi cat ed hi ms elft o t he s tudy of
neur ology f rom t he begi nni ng and
psychi at r
y, but al so mor pho and
The cons truct i
on wor k of t he 16 p s
yc h o-e n do c r
inolog y s
tu dies, by
pavi l
ionswi thanoper ati
ngcapaci tyof publ i
shing t he f i
rs
twor l
ds tudyont he
300 beds began i n 1897 and was "Relatio n of e nd ocrine g l
a nd s with
compl et ed i n1899.Hi storyrecor dst he ment alpat hol ogy"and by f oundi ng
dat e of Oct ober 12, 1905 as t he the Ca th e dra l o f E n do crino l
o gy in
momentwhent he hos pitalcame i nto Buchar es t,t he f ir
sti n our count r
y.
oper at i
on,wi tht he chi efdirect or.Mr . I
n the stu dy of the bio dy na mic s of
Alex andr u Br ăes cu, dedi cat ed t o agi ngandt hepat hol ogyofs eni l
i
ty,C. I
.
studies i n neur ology and ps ychi atr
y Pa r
h on su p p orted t
h e the si
s of ag i
ng
clini
cs ,wor kingunt il1897atS alpet ri
ère s eenasadi seas e,int hes ameper iodi n
undert he di rect i
on ofChar cots t
udy. wh i
c h Gh . Ma ri
nesc u su pp o r
ted the
thesisofi rreduci bleagi ng.T hes ynthes i
s
oft hes e di f
fer entappr oachesl ed to
the ori
ent ati
on of the
p r o p h y la c t ic -
curat i
ve at ti
tude of cont empor ary
geront ology and cont ri
but ed t ot he
devel opment of ger ont ology and
geriatrics wor l
dwi de.He was al soa
memberoft he edi torialboar d oft he
j
our nal s " Fol i
a neur obi ologi ca" and
"Fr
ench J our nal of Endocr i
nol ogy".
 The act i
vityoft he S ocol aS choolwas
car r
iedoutasar esultofPr of es s
orL eon
Balli
f,who,asa s cient i
st,ex pr essed his
phys i
opat hol ogi calor i
ent ation i nt he
fi
eld ofps ychi atry,neur ologyand en-
docr inology;wast he pr omot erofma-
l
ar i
at her apy,bui l
dinganew bui l
dingi n
1928,t he mal ar i
at her apyand ment al
hygiene s ervice.T hrough hi sr esearch
on pel l
agr a, mal aria and t he von
Economo encephal it
is epi demi c,he
madel andmar kcont r
ibutions
Prof essor C. I
.Par hon devel oped and f ormedi calliterat ure.Wor konner vous
moni tored t he S ocol a hos pital syp hi
lisa nd ma laria thera py c ontr
ibut-
l
abor at ory asa bas ef orex per ence ed t
i ot he s ci entifi
c pr es t
ige of t he
and r
esear ch i n bi ochemi stry, So cola s ch oo l
. I
n 1 903, he p a rt
icipate d
phys i
ologyandmor pho- pat hol ogy.On wi thar epor tasar epres entat iveofRo-
hisiniti
at i
ve,on9. 10.1918,t heS oci et yof ma ni
a a t t
h e fir
st Interna tion alCon-
Neur ology,Ps ychiatryand Ps ychol ogy gr essofMent alHygi ene,hel di nWas h
wases tabl i
shed;overt ime,he t urned i
n gto n.
his concer ns t o f or ens i
c medi cine, A f oll
owerand pupi lofL eon Bal li
f'
s
endocr i
nol ogy,and ps ychopat hol ogy. sch oo l
, P etre B rân zei be ca me the di
-
The s oci ety'sbul l
et i
n wr i
tt
en i nF rench r ectoroft he hos pitalin1966.I twasa
appear ed r egul arly i n t he year s p eri
o d wh en othe r e xterna l depar t
-
1919- 1947,wi tha t otalof2412ar ticles. ment swer eal sodevel oped;i ncreas es
This i s cont inued t oday by t he the n umb e rof b ed s,bu ta l
so th ato fa s
-
"I
nt egr ative psychi at ry bul letin",s i
stant sand doct orsi nS ocol a.Pet re
publ i
shed i n Engl is
h and, f rom t he Brân zei su pp o r
ts t
h e e stab l
ish me nt of
foll
owi ng year , i n Engl i
sh and new ps ychiat ry depar tment si n ot her
Romani an. Ther eal sof ol l
owed anot her c i
ti
es o fMo l
d o va in o r
d erto cre ate t
he
benef icialper i
odf orS ocol a,t hatoft he f i
rstas sistance and ambul at ory car e
act ivi
ty of L eon Bal li
f, whi ch was service f
o rth e me nta l
l
y il
lwit hin t
h ete r
-
formed i n t he r i
gor ous s pirit of r i
tori
aldi spens aries,i nt he f orm ofa
ex per i
ence and l abor atoryr es ear ch, me ntal he alt
h l
a bo r
a tory, wi th sepa
phys i
ology and bi ochemi stry, an r ateps ychi at ryandchi ldps ychi atryde-
orient at i
ondevel oped es peci allyaf ter p art
me n ts.
1924,when he wor ked atCambr idge Pr ofes s
or .P.Br ânz eipl eaded f oran
andOx ford,underS her rington,L angl ey o r
igi
n a l co nc e p t of biop syc ho s
oci al
,
and Dougl as .Dur i
ng t hisper i
od,t he dynami c and uni taryi nter vent i
on on
hos pital devel oped,as serti
ngi tselfona the huma n p e r
so na l
it
y ; i
n h is op i
nion,
nat ional and i nter national l evel ." mans houl d notbe appr oached onl y
A medi call i
brar y, as wel las a throu gh his me n t
a ld i
so rde rs
, but a l
so
l
abor at ory off unct i
onalex plor at i
ons ,t hrough t he s oci aland bi ologi calas -
the f i
rstchi ld ps ychi at r
ys er vice i nt he p ects of hisp e rson al
ity."
count ryandal soas si
stances er vicesf or
chr onic pat ient sint he ex ternalwar ds
arebei nges tabl i
shed.
Prof.P. Br ânz ei made a s ubs tantial act i
vity regardi
ng t he di s
cipli
ne of
cont ri
but i
on t o t he or gani zation of ps ychiat
ry i s coordinated f or the
occupat i
onalt her apy int he hos pital student s of the Faculty of Gener al
andt ot hedevel opmentoft hel egisl
a- Medi ci
nebyPr of.Dr
.Vas i
leChiri
ță,and
ti
on on r emuner at ed occupat i
onal fort hoseoft heFacultyofDent i
str
y,by
therapy,s et t
ing up t he Pădur eniand Prof. Dr . Mi hai Ș elar
u, and,
Ciocâr lestiwar dsout si
de t he hos pital, subs equent l
y, by Prof. Dr. Rox ana
and att he s ame t ime he al so car r
ied Chi r
iță.
out t he act i
vity of t he Ş ipote
occupat i
onal t her apy hos pital. He "Socola" l as i Uni ver si
ty Ps ychi atry
promot ed t he studyand r ecuper at i
ve Hos pit
al was i naugur at ed i n 1905,
as s
ist
anceofchi l
dr enwi t
hment aland beingt hef i
rstps ychi atri
chos pi tal inthe
mot ordi s
abi l
iti
esand,i n gener al,t he Romani an Pri
nci pal iti
es.
study of met hods of ps ychol ogical Today, i ti st he s econd ps ychi atri
c
validat i
on ofchi l
dr en included i n var i
- hospital i n Romani a i n t er ms of
ous forms of school i
ng. i
mpor tance and s ize."S ocol a"Hos pital
Scient i
fi
c wor ks such as i
s a mono- speci alized medi calcar e
"I
nter dis
ciplinaryr elationsofps ychi atry" cent erforment aldi sorder s,locat ed i n
as pace wi th a uni vers i
tyt radi ti
on.I t
(1975) ,
"I
ntegr ative ps ychot her apy" also r epr esent s a cent er f or
(1976) ,"Adapt ation and i nt egr at i
on i n met hodol ogical advi ce. Due t o its
thei ndus t
rialenvi ronment "( 1977) ,"T he r
es pons i
bil
it
ies as a cl i
nicalhos pit
al,
future of ps ychi atry" ( 1981) wer e teachi ngandmedi cal res earchl eadt o
publ i
shed under hi s l eader ship. the ex tensi
on ofal lmedi calact i
vity
towar dsthepr event i
onandpr omot i
on
The recogniti
on ofthe pos s
ibi
li
ti
esof of ment al heal th.
research and moder n ps ychiatr
ic I
ti s a hos pitalof nat i
onali nteres t
,
assi
stance,carri
ed outbyt hemedi cal offeri
ng s peci alized,hi ghly qual ifi
ed
ori
ent ati
on oft he s
chooli nS ocola, medi cal as si
stance and compl ex
contributedtotheappoi ntmentofProf. activit
ies f or t he col l
ect i
on and
Dr.P.BrânzeiasaWHO ex per
t,andthe proces si
ng ofs tat is
ticali nformat i
onon
hospital was nomi nat ed f or the psychiat r
ic mor bi dit
yi nt he r egi on of
EURO/ I
MSPil
otS tudy Bas eforMent al Mol dova. T hiss erves t o devel op a
Health. str
ategy f or pr event ion and ear ly
therapeut icinter vent i
on.Al so,t hrough
I
n 1947, t he " Bull
eti
n of Ps ychiatry, the Cont inuous Medi cal T raining
Neur ologyand Endocr i
nology"wasno Cour ses,the pedagogi calt raini ng of
l
ongeraut hori
zed.S o,wi t
ht he aim of the s taffinvol ved i n t he l ong- term
revi
ving t hese t radit
ions, under t he cont r
oloft hechr oni callyment allyil
lis
editori
al coor dinati
on of Pr of. T . ensured.
Pir
ozyns ki,professorsVas i
le Chir
iă and
ț
Petru Boi șteanu, t he " Bul
l
etin of Thehos pitalincludes8cl i
nicals ervi
ces ,
I
ntegr ative Ps ychiatry" came i nto a day hos pitaliz
at i
on s er vice, t wo
exis
tence in 1995. ment alheal th cent ersf or adul t
s,a
ment alheal th cent erforchi ldren,an
Psychiat r
y r
epr esent atives als
o i
ntegr ated out pat i
ent clinic and 2
facil
it
at ed the es tabli
s hment of t he exter nal war ds f or l ong- term
Neur oscience Cent er i n 2002, hos pital
iz
at i
on: Bâr nova and Ş i
pot e.
suppor ted in wri
ting int he J ournalof Thear eas ervedbyt hehos pitalcons ist
s
Neur oscience, whos e f i
rs
ti ssue was of t he muni cipalit
y of L aș iand i t
s
publ i
shed in Apr il 2005. surr
oundi ngs ,wi th an incr eas ei nt he
Current l
y,in addi ti
on t ot he cl i
nical i
nci dence of ment ali l
l
nes ses i nt he
activi
ty,t heSocol aHos pitalcar ri
esout gener alpopul ation,whi chl eadst oan
teachi ng act i
vit
ies ,training s tudents, i
ncr eas ei nr efer r
alst ot he medi cal
i
nternsand PhD s tudent s,aswel lasa servicesof feredbyt he"Socol a"Insti
tut e
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nical r
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vit
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shed by t he Thepr evalenceofps ychiatri
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"Gr.T.Popa"f rom L ași,thedi dact ic 51% men,32. 8% peopl ebet ween18- 44
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