Harry Harlow's pit of despair: Depression in monkeys and men.

Autor: van Rosmalen L; Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands., Luijk MPCM; Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands., van der Horst FCP; Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences [J Hist Behav Sci] 2022 Apr; Vol. 58 (2), pp. 204-222. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jan 18.
DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.22180
Abstrakt: Major depressive disorder is the most common mood disorder in the United States today and the need for adequate treatment has been universally desired for over a century. Harry Harlow, famous for his research with rhesus monkeys, was heavily criticized when he undertook his controversial experiments trying to find a solution for depression in the 1960s-1970s. His research, however, did not just evolve gradually from his earlier research into learning and into love. Recently disclosed hand-written notes show, for the first time, the severity of Harlow's depressions as he wrote in detail about his feelings and thoughts during his stay in a mental hospital in 1968. In these notes, Harlow repeatedly vowed to put every effort into finding a cure for depression. This may, for a large part, explain why he did not stop his rigorous animal experiments where critics argue he should have, and he eventually managed to book positive results.
(© 2022 The Authors. Journal of The History of the Behavioral Sciences published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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