Isaías Pessotti

Isaías Pessotti (1933–2024) was a Brazilian psychologist, writer, and professor. He was born in São Bernardo do Campo and trained at the University of São Paulo. A prolific researcher, he wrote several books on madness in the 1990s, such as A louca e as épocas, O século dos manicômios, and Os nomes da louca. He taught at the University of São Paulo and at the Federal University of São Carlos.