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: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2021
Series:Mental Health in Historical Perspective
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