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From Melancholia to Depression

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
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2021
Subjects:
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
Open Access
Social & cultural history
History of medicine
European history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKL Psychiatry
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
Online Access:ONIX_20201013_9783030548025_47
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