Then melancholy, now depression: A modern interpretation of Rembrandt's mental state in midlife

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-9

  Schildkraut, Joseph J ^d   Cohn, Marjorie B ^a,d   Hawkins, Harold ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Melancholia; Rembrandt; Self portrait

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; GERMANY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL HEALTH; PAINTING; PERSONALITY DISORDER;

ART; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PORTRAITS;

EID: 33846247506     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000252263.74369.15     Document Type: Article

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