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Guillaume-Marie-André Ferrus (September 2, 1784 - March 23, 1861) was a French psychiatrist born in Château-Queyras, near Briançon, Hautes-Alpes.〔() Larousse Encyclopedia〕 He was a student of Philippe Pinel (1745–1826), and for much of his career was associated with the Bicêtre Hospital in a suburb of Paris. He was one of the founders of Société Médico-Psychologique, and was its first president (1852–53). In 1835 he was appointed inspector-general of mental institutions. With Pinel and Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772–1840), Ferrus was a major force regarding reform of insane asylums in early and mid-19th century France. He founded ''La Ferme Sainte-Anne'', which was an innovative agricultural project designed as work therapy for mental patients.〔() De la Maison de Sante a la Ferme Sainte-Anne〕 Ferrus believed that the vast majority of mental illnesses were due to a physical disorder, even if the problem wasn't anatomically apparent. This viewpoint led to bitter disputes with physicians such as François Leuret (1797–1851), who maintained that somatic disorders were only occasionally the cause of mental illness. == Written works == * ''Des prisonniers, de l'emprisonnement et des prisons'' (1850).〔() Arobase Livres〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Guillaume Ferrus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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