Burned at The Stake (of Misdiagnosis): The Neuro-Historical Underpinnings of the Salem Witch Trials (P4-11.014)
This review revisits the infamous Salem Witch Trials by adopting a neuro-historical framework to examine how the reported behvioral symptoms historically considered as evidence of witchcraft and grounds for execution could have been due to underlying unaddressed neuro-psychiatric ailments.
Authors
- J Aishwarya
- Archana Kaushik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3073-3427)
- Praveen Nandha Kumar Pitchan Velammal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6983-3969)
- Avi Singh Gandh
- A. Pillai
- Fathimathul Henna
- Japjee Parmar
Institutions
- Tirunelveli Medical College (IN)
- Emory University (US)
- Government Medical College, Amritsar (IN)
- Government Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Dubai Medical College (AE)
- Saveetha University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurology
- Published
- 2025-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000212696
- Primary Topic
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00