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  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry
  • History of Medicine

Background:

  • Early 20th-century Spain saw evolving psychiatric and educational theories.
  • Understanding of childhood behavioral and learning difficulties was developing.
  • International influences shaped Spanish approaches to child psychology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze Emilio Mira y López's contributions to the conceptualization of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
  • To contextualize Mira y López's work within historical, pedagogical, and psychiatric developments.
  • To examine his early treatment strategies for childhood behavioral issues.

Main Methods:

  • Historical-analytical approach.
  • Review of Mira y López's publication 'El niño que no aprende' (1947).
  • Analysis of related psychiatric and educational literature from the early 20th century.

Main Results:

  • Mira y López described the "unstable child" with symptoms akin to ADHD: impulsivity, distractibility, and inattention.
  • He proposed a neurophysiological imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory brain functions.
  • Early interventions included behavioral techniques and opotherapeutic (hormonal) medications.

Conclusions:

  • Mira y López's work anticipated key elements of current ADHD frameworks and the field of child psychopharmacology.
  • His physiological model of inhibition aligns with Charles Bradley's "inhibition hypothesis."
  • His proposals fostered an interdisciplinary view of childhood mental health and learning difficulties in Spain and Latin America.