Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It used to be called "melancholy," back in the age of cybernetics and phrenology. - ------------ Dante Stella On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Chandos Michael Brown wrote: > > Ok, I know that this has nothing to do with Leicas, but the LUG's a > motley crew so I thought I'd ask in any event. > > Can any one here point me to a source regarding the history of the idea > of "depression" (or, as we now know it, "clinical depression?") or its > emergence as a recognized pathology in modern psychiatry/psychology. > Please be assured that I'm scouring the resources available to me at the > College of William and Mary, but this is far enough outside my area of > expertise that I'm floundering a bit. My sense is that it entered > therapeutic discourse after the Second World War, but this is only an > intuition. > > I'm not looking for pro bono therapy--this is related to a scholarly > project with which I'm presently engaged. > > Please respond off list to cmbrow@wm.edu > > Many thanks in advance should anyone be able to help. > > Cheers, > > Chandos > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html