Abstract

FREIRE FIGUEIRA, Fernanda  and  BOARINI, Maria Lucia. Psychology and Mental Hygiene in Brazil: The History to Be Told. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2014, vol.13, n.spe5, pp.1801-1814. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.upsy13-5.phmb.

The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of the Brazilian Mental Hygiene League (LBHM) on the construction of scientific psychology in Brazil in the beginning of the 20^th century. Due to the extent of the subject and sheer number of members in that organization, we focused on school education and specifically on three LBHM members: Manoel Bomfim, Plínio Olinto and Maurício de Medeiros. We gave priority to primary sources produced by those authors in the mid of 20^th century, which were analyzed in the light of the theoretical perspective inspired in historical materialism. As a result, we concluded that psychological knowledge was considered basic to the educational process in order to spread the ideals of the LBHM and the resulting progress of the nation. Therefore, the histories of psychology in Brazil and of the LBHM complement each other.

Keywords : history of psychology in Brazil; Brazilian Mental Hygiene League; school education.

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