From Melancholia to Depression : Disordered Mood in Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry

From Melancholia to Depression : Disordered Mood in Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry

This open access 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, paving the way for the emergence of clinical depression as a psychiatric illn...

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Main Author: Jansson, Åsa (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Springer Nature 2021
Subjects:
Social & cultural history
History of medicine
Psychiatry
British & Irish history
Social History
History of Medicine
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
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European history
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