From Melancholia to Depression - Disordered Mood in Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Mental Health in Historical Perspective
Release date:	September 2020
First published:	2021
Authors:	Asa Jansson
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	234
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-054801-8
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	3-03-054801-5
Barcode:	9783030548018

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