Searching for schizophrenia in ancient Greek and Roman literature: A systematic review

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 323-330

  Evans, Katie ^a   McGrath, J ^b   Milns, R ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ancient; Greek world; History of medicine; Mental disorders; Roman world; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANXIETY DISORDER; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BILE; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GREECE; HALLUCINATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; ITALY; LITERATURE; MALINGERING; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLICATION; RELIGION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASON; SYMPTOM; TEMPERATURE; THEORY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GREEK WORLD; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; ROMAN WORLD; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0038136811     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00053.x     Document Type: Review

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