Article ID: CBB139856185

The ‘insanity’ of Lady Durham (2022)

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This essay draws on evidence in a late nineteenth-century court case and surviving medical notes to provide a case study of a hitherto unidentified case of Autism Spectrum Disorder. The case is particularly interesting in that it not only appears to be the first identification of historical ASD in a female, but also because the patient subsequently developed symptoms of psychosis suggestive of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. The unusual survival of detailed medical notes also throws light on the ways in which a difficult patient was treated by supposedly enlightened pioneers of psychiatry.

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Authors & Contributors
Coleborne, Catharine
Appelquist, Malin
Degerman, Dan
Osamu Nakamura
Jamieson, Anna
Brådvik, Louise
Concepts
Patients
Psychiatry
Mental disorders and diseases
Psychiatric hospitals
Women and health
Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
England
United States
Denmark
Australia
Iwakura (Japan)
Istanbul (Turkey)
Institutions
Toronto Hospital for the Insane
McLean Hospital (Belmont, Mass.)
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