Psychiatry
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 115-118, 1 April 2006

Historical aspects of mood disorders

Kenneth Davison was formerly Medical Director of the Department of Psychological Medicine at Newcastle General Hospital. He qualified from Newcastle Medical School and, after experience in general medicine, also trained in psychiatry there. After further training in neuropsychiatry at Queen Square, London, he returned to Newcastle as Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Lecturer. He was awarded the Gaskell Gold Medal of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. His research interests include neuropsychiatry and psychopharmacology.

Abstract 

This contribution traces succinctly the conceptual development of depressive and bipolar disorders from Graeco-Roman views, through the Middle Ages and the period of the Enlightenment, into the modern era. Common threads, analogies and links between ancient and modern ideas are identified and briefly discussed, and some past controversies are revisited.

Keywords:  mood disorders , ancient and recent history , bipolar disorder , depression , modern connections , taxonomic developments

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PII: S1476-1793(06)70024-6

doi:10.1383/psyt.2006.5.4.115

Psychiatry
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 115-118, 1 April 2006

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