| THE STALWARTS |
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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 261-263 |
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Sergei sergeievich korsakov
Rajeevi Keeta
Postgraduate in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Bhaskar Medical College, Hyderabad, India
Correspondence Address:
Rajeevi Keeta
Postgraduate in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Bhaskar Medical College, Hyderabad-500075.Telangana
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
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Sergei Sergeievich Korsakov was the first great Russian neuropsychiatrist of the 19th century and published numerous works in neuropathology, psychiatry, and forensic medicine. Apart from his studies on alcoholic psychosis, he introduced the concept of paranoia and formulated his theory of ‘dysnoia’ and wrote an excellent textbook on psychiatry. He actively participated in promoting the rights of the mentally ill. He was a scientist, psychiatrist, thinker and humanist.
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