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Addiction: A treatise from 1561
1Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Addiction (Abingdon, England)
|July 24, 2023
Summary
Pathological gambling was described as a disease in the 16th century, with cognitive and biological factors identified. Early treatments focused on changing gambler beliefs, showing addiction
Area of Science:
- History of Medicine
- Addiction Studies
- Psychiatry
Background:
- Pascasius Justus Turq's 1561 monograph on pathological gambling is a significant historical text.
- No modern language translations existed until 2014 (French).
- This paper analyzes the monograph's content and historical significance.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the key content elements of Turq's 1561 monograph.
- To determine the monograph's place in the history of addiction concepts.
- To highlight the early articulation of a disease model for gambling.
Main Methods:
- Contextual analysis of the late Italian Renaissance.
- Examination of key excerpts from Turq's monograph.
- Commentaries on the significance and meaning of the text.
Main Results:
- Turq's monograph presented a disease view of gambling, identifying cognitive and biological factors.
- It avoided moralistic judgments and proposed cognitive treatments.
- The study demonstrates a 16th-century 'disease formulation' of addiction.
Conclusions:
- Addictive disorders have exhibited contemporary clinical features for centuries.
- The early conceptualization of addiction as a disease is evident in 16th-century writings.
- Turq's work provides historical context for modern addiction research.
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