title: Schizophrenia before 1800? The case of the Revd George Trosse.
abstract: Trosse's account of his life has been described as one of the strangest pieces of realism in the English language. It gives a detailed description of the author's personal experience of three episodes of psychotic disorder during the years 1656-7. The disorder has been considered an early instance of schizophrenia, but evidence is presented here to suggest that a more plausible diagnosis was alcoholic psychosis and affective disorder.
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D005197:Famous Persons; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012067:Religion / Q000266:history; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000266:history*