Melancholy or Depression, Sacred or Secular?

With reference to historical accounts and current practice in clinical psychiatry, the continua from illness (and its treatment) through creative depressions to normality are identified, stressing Frost's selective reading of the vast literature on melancholy and depression and his failure to a...

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Published in:The international journal for the psychology of religion
Main Author: Dudley, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [1992]
In: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:With reference to historical accounts and current practice in clinical psychiatry, the continua from illness (and its treatment) through creative depressions to normality are identified, stressing Frost's selective reading of the vast literature on melancholy and depression and his failure to accept the problems surrounding their differential diagnosis.
ISSN:1532-7582
Reference:Kritik von "Melancholy as an Alternative to the Psychological Label of Depression (1992)"
Contains:Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0202_2