Mood disorders (oxford) Flashcards
1
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Why was there a loss of insight about mood disorders for 2000 years
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Focus on Galen’s humoural theory.
Hippocrates and the Greeks identified mood disorders as abnormalities of the body/brain
2
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Who wrote “Anatomy of melancholy”
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in 1632, Richard Burton "When I go musing all alone Thinking of divers things fore-known. When I build castles in the air, Void of sorrow and void of fear, Pleasing myself with phantasms sweet, Methinks the time runs very fleet. All my joys to this are folly, Naught so sweet as melancholy. When I lie waking all alone, Recounting what I have ill done, My thoughts on me then tyrannise, Fear and sorrow me surprise, Whether I tarry still or go, Methinks the time moves very slow. All my griefs to this are jolly, Naught so mad as melancholy." The author's abstract of melancholy
3
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Who first described bipolar disorder
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1852 Esquirol- la folie circulaire
4
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Who made a distinction between dementia precox and manic-depressive
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Emil Kraeplin
5
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What is “reactive depression” vs endogenous and who described it
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Gillespie- reactive is in response to external circumstances and is influenced by such, whereas endogenous or melancholic were thought to arise from a primary neurobiological abnormality
