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Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind and Bioethics
Considerations about the Neuropsychiatric Conditions of Quixote of La Mancha
Consideraciones sobre las condiciones neuropsiquiátricas del Quijote de la Mancha
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Alejandro Velásquez-Torres
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, Leonardo Palacios Sánchez
Unidad de Neurociencia, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Grupo de Investigación en Neurociencia (NEUROS), Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
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Received 21 August 2018. Accepted 16 October 2018
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Don Quixote of La Mancha, the picturesque character created by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in his immortal book The Ingenious Nobleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha, presents several neuropsychiatric conditions, including tremor, sleep disturbances, neuropsychiatric symptoms, syncope, perception disorders and traumatic brain injury.

Throughout the masterpiece, there are episodes where the aforementioned disorders are evident. This paper makes a list of them and analyses them in the light of the current knowledge of those conditions.

Keywords:
Medicine in literature
Major depressive disorder
Mental disorders
Sleep-wake disorders
Hallucination
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Don Quijote de la Mancha, el pintoresco personaje creado por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra en su obra inmortal El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, presenta varias condiciones neuropsiquiátricas que incluyen tremor, trastornos del sueño, síntomas neuropsiquiátricos, síncope, trastornos de la percepción y traumatismo craneoencefálico.

A lo largo de la obra, se presentan episodios en los que se hacen evidentes los diferentes trastornos mencionados. El artículo hace un recuento de ellos a través de la novela y un análisis a la luz de los conocimientos actuales sobre dichas condiciones.

Palabras clave:
Medicina en la literature
Trastorno depresivo mayor
Trastornos mentales
Trastornos del sueño-vigilia
Alucinación

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