From Melancholia to Depression Disordered Mood in Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry
Publication year: 2021
: 978-3-030-54802-5
This book maps a crucial but neglected chapter in the history of psychiatry: how was melancholia transformed in the nineteenth century from traditional melancholy madness into a modern biomedical mood disorder
: History, Social History, History of Medicine, Psychiatry, History of Britain and Ireland, Mood disorders, Psychiatric illness, Physiology, Psychology, Statistical and diagnostic practices, Asylum records, Insanity, Madness, Mental pain, Suicidal tendencies, Psychological distress
