Soren Kierkegaard (1813-55): a bicentennial pathographical review.
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Researchers in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, medicine and theology have made exhaustive efforts to shed light on the elusive biography/pathography of the great Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-55). This 'bicentennial' article reviews his main pathographical diagnoses of, respectively, possible manic-depressive [bipolar] disease, epilepsy, complex partial seizure disorder, Landry-Guillain-Barré's acute ascending paralysis, acute intermittent porphyria with possible psychiatric manifestations, and syphilidophobia.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- History of psychiatry
دوره 24 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013