From Melancholia to Depression : Disordered Mood in Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry - 9783030548049

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?

• | : Asa Jansson
• | Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• | Publication Date: Sep 23, 2021
• | Country of Publication: Switzerland
• | Number of Pages: 234 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 303054804X
• | ISBN-13: 9783030548049