Cartesian theories on the passions, the pineal gland and the pathogenesis of affective disorders: An early forerunner

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 449-451

  Lopez Munoz F ^a   Alamo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

depression; Descartes; history of psychiatry; passions; pineal gland

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMOTION; FRANCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

EMOTIONS; FRANCE; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOOD DISORDERS; PINEAL GLAND;

EID: 79956325281     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710001637     Document Type: Article

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