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Virus Etiology of Schizophrenia: The Characteristics of the »Little Ice Age« and its Consequences
Eduard Pavlović
; Department for Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Marija Vučić Peitl
; 1 Department for Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia 2 Clinic for Psychiatry, KBC Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Joško Prološčić
; Clinic for Psychiatry, KBC Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Daniela Petrić
; 1 Department for Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia 2 Clinic for Psychiatry, KBC Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Sažetak
The data of the »Little Ice Age« (1500–1850) in Croatia and those which applied to human health were especially emphasized
were analyzed. They are some which stand out like: importance of the sort of soil and relief, the infl uence of
cutting down of woods and cattle-breeding and especially the war which lasted for 250 years in the territory of Croatia.
The important interactions between those parameters were defi ned. The important correlations were also defi ned between
freezing and long winters as well as wet springs and summers which caused starvation, malnutrition and the increase
of infant mortality and also epidemics with enormous psychological stress among people in that period. The result was
witch-hunting and burning (which was also advocated in the other parts of Europe) and they sometimes reached the
levels of madness. Considering that such events were unknown in the earlier periods (in such proportions) and that (even
today) the infl uence of the slow virus is emphasized in connection to the etiology of schizophrenia so why should’t it be
supposed that the »Litlle Ace Age» could be the cause of the larger prevalence of schizophrenia in the teritory of Croatia.
Ključne riječi
schizophrenia; slow virus; »Little Ice Age«; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
147412
URI
Datum izdavanja:
26.12.2014.
Posjeta: 625 *