Was the "nervous illness" of Schreber a case of affective disorder?
The available historical information concerning Freud's subject Daniel Paul Schreber's life, family, and the phenomenology of his illness is reviewed. The author challenges the traditional diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia in favor of a diagnosis of affective disorder.
D001317:Austria; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*