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‘My insanity in the year 1783’, by C.S. Andresen (1801) (2020)

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The literature of the past has included self-reports by the mentally ill since before Roy Porter reminded us that their views and experiences constitute an important document for historians of psychiatry. The value of these self-reports can be enhanced if their potential biases and informational power are duly determined. This Classic Text concerns a self-report of a form of periodic madness written by an eighteenth-century Danish vicar. It shows how the same document can be presented in a more or less neutral fashion by a medical historian (Maar) or used as ‘evidence’ for some ‘ontological’ view of madness by a clinician (Rasmussen).

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Article Andresen, Christopher Schroeder; Johan Schioldann; GE Berrios (2021) ‘My insanity in the year 1783’, by C.S. Andresen (1801). History of Psychiatry (pp. 100-111). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Berrios, German E.
Schioldann, Johan
Maung, Hane Htut
Aragona, Massimiliano
Berg, Hein van den
Fink, Max
Journals
History of Psychiatry
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Historical Journal
Journal of Literature and Science
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Concepts
Psychiatry
Mental disorders and diseases
Philosophy of medicine
Nosology; classification of diseases
Primary literature (historical sources)
Translations
People
Wimmer, August
Foucault, Michel
Heiberg, Johan Ludvig
Willis, Francis
Andresen, Christopher Schroeder
Calderwood, Henry
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
16th century
Places
Europe
Great Britain
Scotland
Institutions
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
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