The History of Personality Disorders
The History of Personality Disorders
Article by Sam Vaknin
Well into the eighteenth century, the only types of mental illness - then collectively known as “delirium” or “mania” - were depression (melancholy), psychoses, and delusions. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the French psychiatrist Pinel coined the phrase “manie sans delire” (insanity without delusions). He described patients who… Continue reading
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