Historical aspects of clinotherapy.

• Autores: Macavilca-Cruz, Marco, Stucchi-Portocarrero, Santiago
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.upch.edu.pe:article/3798
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upch.edu.pe/index.php/RNP/article/view/3798
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto

Clinotherapy or “bed rest” was first introduced as a treatment for mental illness in 1852, with the aim of inhibit the “consciousness of movement” and peripheral excitation, in order to make it possible a “psychological rest”. At the beginning, clinotherapy, along with open door and non-restraint principles, meant an alternative to seclusion rooms, straitjackets and other restrictive practices. However, over time it became a simple seclusion in a room, many times in inappropriate conditions.