Depression and Melancholy, 1660-1800 vol 1 - Leigh Wetherall Dickson, Allan Ingram, David Walker, Anita O'Connell & Michelle Faubert

Depression and Melancholy, 1660-1800 vol 1

By Leigh Wetherall Dickson, Allan Ingram, David Walker, Anita O'Connell & Michelle Faubert

  • Release Date: 2024-08-01
  • Genre: History

Description

As a psychiatric term ‘depression’ dates back only as far as the mid-nineteenth century. Before then a wide range of terms were used: ‘melancholy’ carried enormous weight, and was one of the two confirmed forms of eighteenth-century insanity. This four-volume set is the first large-scale study of depression across an extensive period.

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