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@DrMcFillin This is not true. https://t.co/ir95lwxmmD,)%20(Hippocrates%2C%201923).
@DrMcFillin This is not true. https://t.co/ir95lwxmmD,)%20(Hippocrates%2C%201923).
Is depression a modern phenomenon? No: melancholy has been a common medical diagnosis through human history & recognized as a chronic illness. In ancient & medieval descriptions of symptoms, we can recognize what we would describe as delusion and p
@goblinodds Other ancient writers on "melancholia" refer to similar types of fearful delusions: https://t.co/EsxYYNaeBc