The History of Psyche Disorders
Expressively into the eighteenth century, the sole types of mentally ill disorder - then collectively known as “delirium” or “yearning” - were despair (low), psychoses, and delusions. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the French psychiatrist Pinel coined the language “manie sans delire” (imbecility without delusions). He described patients who lacked impulse control, time […]