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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
2021.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2021. |
| Colección: | Springer eBooks.
Mental Health in Historical Perspective ; |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b45092308*spi |
| Sumario: | 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 illness in the twentieth century? At a time when the prevalence of mood disorders and antidepressant consumption are at an all-time high, the need for a comprehensive historical understanding of how modern depressive illness came into being has never been more urgent. This book addresses a significant gap in existing scholarly literature on melancholia, depression, and mood disorders by offering a contextualised and critical perspective on the history of melancholia in the first decades of psychiatry, from the 1830s until the turn of the twentieth century. . |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico, XV, 234 páginas |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9783030548025 |
