Manic depression in literature: The case of Virginia Woolf

Medical Humanities

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-14

  Koutsantoni, Katerina ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CREATIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC FIGURE; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDE;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CREATIVENESS; DEPRESSION; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LITERATURE, MODERN; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDE;

EID: 84861458798     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: 14734265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2011-010075     Document Type: Article

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