TY - SER TI - Las enfermedades mentales en la América precolombina SN - 0210-5020 N1 - Este artículo se encuentra disponible en su edición impresa; Bibliografía: p. 75 N2 - When it comes to analyzing any aspect of pre-Columbian science, in comparison with the Europe of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there is a tendency to exaggerate the importance and level of advancement of one of the two cultures -the Hispanic or the indigenous-, in detriment of the other. This article tries to provide an exposition, as objective as possible, on how mental illnesses were considered, classified and treated, before the Spanish conquest; especially, among the ancient settlers of Mexico and Peru ER -