Édouard Toulouse

Édouard Toulouse (1865 - 1947) was a French psychiatrist, journalist, and director of the literary magazine Demain. He was born in Marseille on 10 December 1865 and died in Paris 19 January, 1947.

portrait. Credit: Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de santé.

At the beginning of World War I, Toulouse conducted a survey of asylum care in France, and looked to 'trasform asylums of confinement into hospitals of mentail health care.'[1]

In 1896 he conducted a survey of men of exceptional genius where he profiled writer Émile Zola and French luminaries to identify shared, explainable characteristics. Folliowing this project, Toulouse was named the director of a modern clinic in the Parisian suburb of Villejuif.[1]

Toulouse believed artistic creativity had an important role to play in psychological treatment. In 1912 he established the fortnightly literary journal Demain, which covered a wide array of topics.[1] A number of important figures worked on the journal, including Antonin Artaud and Jean Paulhan.[1]

References
  1. Shafer, David A. (2016-04-15). Antonin Artaud. Reaktion Books. ISBN 9781780236018.


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