title: [Knight Yvain's melancholia].
abstract: The first, or maybe, occurrence of the word "melancholia" is found in a French mediaeval book "Knight Yvain" (12th century). A clinical and mythological analysis is propounded.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biéder
mesh_terms: D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008092:Literature, Medieval; D008297:Male; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D011037:Poetry as Topic / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: La mélancolie du Chevalier Yvain.