Vladimir Petrovich Serbskiy (Russian: Владимир Петрович Сербский, February 26 [O.S. February 14] 1858, Bogorodsk—April 18 [O.S. April 14] 1917, Moscow) was one of the founders of the forensic psychiatry in Russia.^[1] An author of The Forensic Psychopathology, Serbskiy thought the delinquency to have no congenital diatheses, considering it to be caused by social reasons. February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Old Style or O.S. is a designation indicating that a date conforms to the Julian calendar, formerly in use in many countries, rather than the Gregorian calendar, currently in use in most countries. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Noginsk or Bogorodsk(Ногинск in Russian) is a city in Greater Moscow or Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River. ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... Old Style or O.S. is a designation indicating that a date conforms to the Julian calendar, formerly in use in many countries, rather than the Gregorian calendar, currently in use in most countries. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   8537. ... Forensic psychiatry is a subspeciality of psychiatry. ...

A disciple of Sergey Korsakov, Serbskiy has been the head physician of Tambov mental hospital in 1885-1887. Then he was offered the rank of the senior assistant in the mental hospital of Moscow University. In 1902 Serbskiy became a professor extraordinary and the head of psychiatric studies at Moscow University. Komunalnaya Ulitsa, Tambov Tambov (Тамбо́в) is a city in Russia, administrative center of Tambov Oblast. ... Moscow State University campus M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Московский Государственный Университет име&#1085...

Serbskiy died of kidneys disease. The Central Institute of Forensic Psychiatry was named after Serbskiy in 1921. Now the facility is known as the Serbskiy State Scientific Center of Forensic and Social Psychiatry.

Major works

• The Forensic Psychopathology (1896-1900)
• On Dementia praecox (1902)
• Manual of Study of Mental Diseases (1906)

dementia praecox A term that referred to a psychotic disorder marked by rapid cognitive disintegration beginning soon after the clear onset of the disease, usually in the years following puberty. ...

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